


General Laws 



OF THE 



STATE OF VERMONT 



RELATING TO , 



Public Instruction, 




PutDlished. by Auttxority. 



Compiled by \A^ILLIAM H. TAYLOR, Esq., 
HARDWICK, VT 



ST. JOHKSTURY, VT.: 

11,03. 




Pass, l'^ ^^^3 
Book A/4 

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General Laws 



OF THE 



STATE OF VERMONT 



RELATING TO 



Public Instruction, 



IN FORCE APRIL 1, 1903. 



Publisheci by Avitbority. 



Compiled by WILLIAM H. TAYLOR, Esq., 

HARDWICK, VT. 



Sr. JOHNSBURY, VT. : 

1903. 



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GENERAL LAWS 



STATE OF VERMONT 

Relating to Public Instruction, 



IN FORCE APRIL 1, 1903. 



TITLE II.— (PARTS I AND II.) 



PUBLIC INSTRUCTION. 



Chaptek 32. — Superintendent of education. 

Chapter 33. — Examiner of teachers, and town superintendent. 

Chapter 34. — Normal schools. 

Chapter 35. — Teachers' certificates. 

Chapter 36. — Maintenance of schools ; town system. 

Chapter 37. — School year. 

Chapter 38. — School age; attendance. 

Chapter 39. — Registers and returns. 

Chapter 40. — School taxes and school moneys. 

Chapter 4L — Text-books. 

Chapter 42. — School districts in unorganized towns and gores, and 
incorporated by special acts. 

Chapter 43. — Schoolhouses. 

Chapter 44. — Maintenance of schools by school districts. 

Chapter 45. — School taxes and school money. 

Miscellaneous Provisions. 



PRKFACE. 



The following compilation of the school laws of the State is 
made under authority of No. 28 of the Acts of 1900, enlarged by 
Joint Resolution Ko. 417 of the Acts of 1902. The basis of the 
compilations is the Vermont Statutes of 1894, The numbering of 
sections herein corresponds to the numbering of sections in the 
Vermont Statutes in all cases except the miscellaneous provisions, 
which are numbered consecutivelj^ and a marginal reference made to 
the corresponding section of the Vermont Statutes. 

By aid of the marginal references and the section number the 
origin and development of any particular provision of the law can 
be traced. 

Reference is made to repealed sections under appropriate num- 
bers. Where sections are repealed and their places are taken by 
sections of a kindred nature, or where entirely new provisions are 
incorporated into a chapter, the section numbers are designated by 
a letter, as 596a., 627a., etc. 

The margninal references also cite the decisions of the Supreme 
Court, explaining or construing the section under consideration. 



TITLE II. 

PUBLIC INSTRUCTION. 



Part 1. — General Provisions. 

Part 2. — Special Provisions. 

Part 3. — Miscellaneous Provisions. 



PART I. 

GENERAL PROVISIONS. 



Chapter 32. — Superintendent of education. 

Chapter 33. — Examiner of teachers; town superintendent. 

Chapter 34. — Normal schools. 

Chapter 35. — Teachers' certificates. 

Chapter 36. — Maintenance of schools ; town system. 

Chapter 37. — School year. 

Chapter 38. — School age ; attendance. 

Chapter 39. — Register and returns. 

Chapter 40. — School taxes and school moneys. 

Chapter 41. — Text-books. 



Chapter 32. 



SUPERIIMTENDEIMT OF EDUCATION. 



Section 

595. Election ; general duties ; vacan- 

cy. 

596. Office in state house ; clerk. 
596a. Salary; clerk hire. 

597. Stationery; disbursements. 

598. Teachers' institutes and summer 

schools. 

599. May require assistance of ex- 

aminer. 

600. Training in methods; may em- 

ploy assistants. 

601. Expenses of institutes. 

602. To visit each county; lecture, 

advise, etc. 

603. His report. 

604. Printing and distribution of re- 

port. 



Section 

6U5. Printing and distribution of ques- 
tions for examinations. 

606. Settlement withlstate auditor. 

May Establish Course op Study in 
Ungraded Schools. 

607. Course of study. 

608. To be printed and furnished 

teachers. 

609. Copies to be sent school officers. 

May Issue Circulars of Educa- 
tional Information. 

609a. Printing and distribution of cir- 
culars. 
609b. Auditor to draw orders. 



Sec 595. The general assembly shall elect, at each biennial 
session, a superintendent of education, who shall have general Eiwtions; general duties; 
supervision of the public schools of the state, and devote his isfsl^'isfo. 9, § i; r. l. 
whole time to the duties of his office. A vacancy in said office 33, §§ i, 2, 8; 1874, No! 

„. 11 -u 4i^^ J 1 J.X, 36, §4; 1872, No. 18, 

Shall be filled by the governor. § 6 ; i87o, No. 21 ; g. s! 

21, 22, §§1, 3 ; 1856, 
1849, No. 14, § 2 ; 1845, No. 37, §§ 3, 7 ; 1833, No. 19, § 1 ; 1827, No. 23, § 16. No. 5, §§ 1, 3, 9 ; 



8 SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION. [Title II. 

ifj8,No!t'§'T'' '"''''''■ ^^^' ^96. The superintendent of education sliall have an 
office in the state house, and may employ a clerk to assist in 
statistical and other office work. 

i903;No.*"2i,"fi; V. 8. Sec. 596a. The annual salary of the superintendent of edu- 
3, Ifiss^No.^sl^^^'cation shall be two thousand dollars, and his necessary expenses 
when travelling on official business, to an amount not exceeding 
six hundred dollars. He may employ a clerk skilled in statisti- 
cal, stenographic and other office work whose annual salary shall 
not exceed six hundred dollars, and may employ other clerical 
assistance, as the work of his office may require, at an expense 
not to exceed two hundred dollars in excess of the allowance 
herein otherwise specified, 
stationery; disbursements. Sec. 597- He shall be Supplied witli Stationery for official 

1888, No. 9, § 4. ^^ '' 

use, and payments for postage, freight and express charges, 

necessarily made in connection with his official duties, shall be 

allowed in the settlement of his account. 

KLf sis!*"**' ""'' Sec. 598. He shall hold a teachers' institute in each county 

No!34!°i88^8^,'No^'9,^§^*;'^^^i^g ^^^^ biennial term except as hereinafter provided and 

33, §"3;i86f*^o^7ti868,'^^^y ^ol^ ^^^i^ional institute s if in his judgment advisable; but 

fi; fm^'k^o^h^G.^i'. ^o* more than two institutes shall be held in any county during 

3; il49,^^o!*i4', f3°;'i845! ^ biennial term, nor shall an institute continue more than four 

^°- ^^' ^ ^- days. Provided no institute is held in a county during any year, 

the superintendent of education and examiner of teachers may 

arrange for and conduct a summer school for teachers, the 

expense of which to the state shall not exceed twenty-five dollars 

per day for not more than ten days, and the examiner may 

receive from the state compensation for not more than ten days 

for his services in connection with such summer school. 

When in the judgment of the superintendent of education and 
the examiners concerned it may seem advisable, summer schools 
for two or more counties may be united and held in some con- 
venient location, but the entire expense of such union school 
shall not exceed the expense of two schools as provided in this 
section. 
May require assistance of Sec. 599. If he is Unable to be present at a teachers' insti- 

examiner. -^ 

1890. No. 5, § 8; 1888, tutc, he may direct the examiner of teachers of any county to 

conduct the same. 
Training in methods; may Sec. 600. In cvcry tcachers' institute cspccial attention 

employ assistants. '' ^ 

1888, No. 9, § 7. shall be given to the training of teachers in methods of instruc- 

tion ; and the superintendent of education may employ persons 
specially skilled in such work to aid at an institute when 
advisable so to do. 

lirNaM^L. Sec. 601. The entire expense of a teachers' institute shall 
^ ^^" not exceed thirty dollars for each day's session, which shall be 

paid by the superintendent of education, and be allowed in the 

settlement of his account. 



Chap. 32] SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION. 9 

Sec. 602. He shall, on occasions other than the holdino; of'" V's't«ac'i«ounty; lecture, 

' ° an vise, etc. 

institutes, visit each county annually, and as many towns in each ^'^'■^•g^^y -^' 5 2; isss, 
county as practicable, deliver lectures upon educational subjects, 
confer with and advise school officers and teachers, and investi- 
gate the condition of schools. 

Provided no institute or summer school is held in a county 
during any year, he may hold educational meetings in different 
towns of such county and employ competent assistance, but the 
expense per day shall not exceed the present allowance per day 
for institutes or summer schools and the entire expense of such 
series of meetings in a county for any year shall not exceed the 
present allowance for institutes or summer schools, which shall 
be paid by the superintendent of education and be allowed in the 
settlement of his account. 

Sec. 603. He shall present to the general assembly, on the M^|J*P»[t- g sjo- r l 
first day of each biennial session, a report of his official acts for §*^6; is74'no.33 §?; 

•' ■> L- (j. S. 22, §§ 3, 4; I808, 

the preceding two years, and a statement of the condition of „^oi;§i2;i856, No. s, 

^ o .7 ' §§ 3, .5; 184.-), No. 37, §7. 

schools and the expenditure of school money, with such sugges- 
tions for the improvement of schools as he deems proper. 

Sec. 604. Not more than four thousand copies of his report Printing and distribution of 

rcDort. 

shall be printed, and shall be distributed by him as follows : isss, No. 9, § n; r. l. 

rT^ . ■ . 1 - f . u -u 4;^!. § 457 ; 1874, No. 33, § 7 ; 

Twenty copies to each examiner of teachers; members of the«. s. 22, §8; i858, No. 
general assembly, town and district clerks, school directors, clerks 
of school directors, town superintendents, principals of graded, 
union and high schools, one copy each. The copies for distribu- 
tion, except to examiners, and members of the general assembly, 
shall be forwarded to the town clerk, who shall deliver them to 
the persons entitled thereto. 

Sec. 605. He shall prepare and procure the printing of ques- printing and distribntion of 
tions for examinations and blanks for teachers' certificates, and ?Sio'!TrJ"f 'S. 
shall transmit the same to the examiners; and the cost of such ^°" ^' ^^ *^' ^^' ^^' 
printing shall be allowed as part of his expenses. He shall also 
fix the standard which shall be reached in the examination of 
teachers. 

Sec. 606. He shall, at the end of every three months, file settlement with state 
with the state auditor an itemized account of his expenses veri- i8b8,"No. 9, § 12. 
fied by oath, and as soon as the same can be examined, he shall 
receive an order on the state treasurer for the amount found due 
him, and for one-fourth of his annual salary. 

MAY ESTABLISH COURSE OF STUDY IN UNGRADED SCHOOLS. 

Sec. 607. The superintendent of education may annually bourse of study. 

^ -J J I8y4, No. 30, § 1. 

prepare a course of study for use in the ungraded schools of the 
state, which course of study shall outline the work required for 
admission to the high schools and academies of the state. 

Sec. 608. Said course of study shall be printed by the state To be printed and furnished 
and furnished to the teachers in the same manner, at the same ^^^^' ^o- 3o, § 3. 



10 



EXAMINER OF TEACHERS. 



[Title II. 



Copies to be sent school 

offleers. 

1894, No 30, § 3. 



time and under the same regulations as those governing the 
preparation and distribution of school registers. 

Sec. 609. The superintendent of education shall during the 
first month of each school year, send to each school officer of the 
state two copies of said course of study. 



MAY ISSUE CIRCULARS OF EDUCATIONAL INFORMATION. 

Printing and distriMion of Sec. 609a. The Superintendent of education may annually 

circulars »/ •/ 

1902, No. 22, § 1; 1900, issuc and distribute among teachers and school officers circulars 
of educational information at the expense of the state, not to ex- 
ceed four hundred dollars for printing said circulars. 

Sec. 609b. The state auditor is hereby directed to draw his 
orders on the state treasurer for such sums and at such times as 
the superintendent of education may require to carry out the 
provisions of this act. (section 609a.) 



Auditor to draw orders. 
1900, No. 16, § 2. 



Chapter 33. 



EXAMINER OF TEACHERS, AND TOWN SUPERINTENDENT. 



Examinee of Teachers. 
Section 

610. Appointment; vacancy. 

611. To arrange for institutes ; furnish 

statistics; to meet annually. 

612. Compensation. 

613. How removed. 

614. Report to superintendent of edu- 

cation. 

Town Superintendent. 

615. Appointment; duties; compen- 

sation. 

616. Removal. 

617. Term of office. 



Section 

618. To visit schools, etc. 

619. other duties. 

620. Report; fees. 

621. May dismiss teachers. 

Superintendent of Two or More 
Towns. 

622. Towns may unite to employ- 

superintendent. 

623. Joint committee; duties; com- 

pensation. 

624. Districts with special charters 

may have like privileges. 

625. How paid. 



EXAMINER OF TEACHERS. 

Appointment; vacancy. Sec. 610. At cach biennial scssion of the general assembly^ 

1890, No. 5, § 3; 1888, ° . ' 

No. 9, chap. 2. or as soon thereafter as may be, the superintendent of education 

and the governor shall appoint one person, resident in each 
county, to be examiner of teachers. A vacancy in the office of 
examiner shall be filled by the superintendent of education and 
governor. 
To arrange for institutes, Sec. 611. Said examiner shall, under the direction of the 
iSoi^Nol'fsf'fi;' 1890 superintendent of education, make all necessary arrangements 
for holding teachers' institutes in his county as required by law ; 
take measures to secure the attendance of teachers at the same ; 
give assistance at the institute ; and furnish such statistical in- 
formation as may be required. 



No. 5, § 8. 



^ 



Chap. 33] TOWN SUPERINTENDENT. 11 

It shall be the duty of county examiners of teachers to meet 
■with the superintendent of education, at least once in each year, 
when notified so to do by him, for the purpose of formulating 
regulations to govern the execution of their duties and of con- 
sidering other matters connected with the educational interests 
of the state, which may be called to their attention by the super- 
intendent of education. They shall be allowed for their services 
their actual expenses and their per diem as for other services 
rendered, but not for more than four days in one year, the same 
to be allowed by the state auditor with their allowance for other 
services. 

Sec. 612. He shall receive four dollars per day for time Compensation. 

1890, No. o § 9. 

actually spent in the discharge of the duties of his office, and his 
necessary expenses, which shall not exceed two dollars a day, and 
expenditures for postage and stationery for official use ; and shall, 
at the end of every six months, file with the state auditor an 
itemized account of his expenses, verified by oath, and, as soon as 
the same can be examined, he shall receive an order on the state 
treasurer for the amount due him on such account. 

Sec. 613. When, in the iudgment of the superintendent of How removed. 

' •> <^ ■»■ lb90, >iO. o, § 10. 

education an examiner is unfit for the duties required of him, or 
his services become unprofitable, he may be removed by the su- 
perintendent of education and governor, and a successor ap- 
pointed. 

Sec. 614. The examiner shall, in the month of June next Report to superintendent of 
preceding each session of the general assembly, send to the su- isyo, so. 5, § ii. 
perintendent of education a report of his work, with such sugges- 
tions as he deems proper. 

TOWN SUPERINTENDENT. 

Sec. 615. Boards of school directors shall, on or before the Appo'"tuif.nt! dwies; 

' compensation. 

first day of April, annually, appoint a town superintendent of i|J'^o,^^o^g,,i'^,^*.?,^'^^?. 
schools and fix his compensation. nn-^'T?*V Hi i-l"'o?-^" 

^ lOr, K. L. §§ 4o&, 260*, 

4540. 55 Vt. 61. 

Sec. 616. When, in the judgment of a board of school direc- Removal, 
tors, a superintendent appointed by them is unfit for the duties 
required of him, they may remove him from office, and they shall 
have power to fill any vacancy. 

Sec. 617. The term of office of a town superintendent shall Term^of office.^ ^ ^ ^^^ 
begin on the first day of April next after his appointment, and |j9; i^'/^'.^i^V vo^s?' 
continue for one year and until a successor is appointed. §gi.; ^'.2^^'-^^^' ^ ^' 

Sec. 618. He shall visit the schools of the town or towns f or Jo ns't.^choois,^ek. ^^ 
which he is appointed, at least once each term, and oftener if thelg^l*;^. s._22^|io^^^ 
school board so directs ; note the methods of instruction and gov-^^- ^^'^l^l^ji^-l^j^^- 
ernment, inform himself of the progress of the pupils, and give 
necessary advice to teachers. 



12 



SUPERINTENDENT OF TWO OR MORE TOWNS. [Title II. 



Other duties. 

1892, No. -21, § 26. 



Report; fees 

1894. No 
31, § 1; E 



20; 1886, No, 
. L. § 460. 



May dismiss 

1890, No. 
No. 31; R. 



teachers. 

5, § I.t; 1886, 

L. §§ 497, 498, 



Sec. 619. He shall, when visiting a school, observe the con- 
dition of the schoolhouse, outbuildings and grounds, ascertain if 
the school is properly supplied with maps, reference books and ap- 
paratus ; also if all the pupils are provided with necessary text- 
books, and make such recommendations to the school directors as 
to the conditions and needs of the schools as he deems necessary. 

Sec. 620. He shall prepare and submit to the town at each 
annual meeting a report of all his doings, with such suggestions 
as seem to him expedient or necessary. The report shall be in 
writing, shall be filed in the town clerk's ofQce, and the town 
superintendent shall be allowed a fee, not to exceed three dollars, 
for making such report. 

Sec. 621, He may dismiss a teacher who, in his judgment, is 
incompetent or unfit for the position ; such dismissal shall be given 
in writing, to the teacher, who shall receive pay pro rata to the 
time of dismissal. 



SUPERINTENDENT OF TWO OR MORE TOWNS. 

Towns may unite to employ Sec. 622. Two or more towus, having an aggregate of not 

superintendent. . o oo o 

1896, No 19, § 2; 1892, morc than Sixty nor less than twenty schools, may, by vote of 

No. 21, § 28; 1SS8, No. '' -^ i J i .1 

9, §104; R. L^ §573; G. their dircctors, unite for the purpose of employing a superinten- 
dent of schools under the provisions of this chapter. 
Joint eommittees; duties; Sec. 623. When a union has been effected, the directors 

tompensation. 

1892, No. 21, § 29. whose duty it is to elect a superintendent of schools, shall con- 
stitute a joint committee, which shall be the agent of the several 
towns. Said committee shall meet annually, in the month of 
March, on the second Tuesday after the annual town meeting, at 
some convenient place agreed upon, at ten o'clock in the forenoon, 
and organize by choosing from their number a chairman and 
secretary. When organized, it shall choose by ballot a superin- 
tendent of schools; determine the relative amount of service to 
be performed by him in each town, fix his salary and apportion 
the same. Said salary shall not exceed in dollars one-third the 
total number of weeks of all the schools of the towns forming the 
union. 



Districts with special 

charters may have like 

privileges. 

1892, No. 21, §§ 27, 30. 



How paid. 

1892, No. 21, § 31. 



Sec. 624. A school district incorporated by a special act of 
the general assembly, may unite with a town or towns for the 
purpose mentioned in the preceding section, and each depart- 
ment shall be counted as one school. Said district shall be con- 
sidered a town for that purpose. 

Sec. 625. When a superintendent is chosen as provided in 
the three preceding sections, and the several towns have paid 
their apportionment, the school directors and committee shall 
present a bill to the state auditor for a sum equal to twenty per 
cent, of such apportionment, and the state auditor shall draw an 
order on the state treasurer in favor of each town or district for 
said sum. 



Chap. 34.] 



NORMAL SCHOOLS. 



13 



Chapter 34. 



NORMAL SCHOOLS. 



Section 

6-'6. Contiuued till iy20. 

6i7a. Appointment Of board of nor- 
mal school commissioners. 

62Sa. Organization of the board; 
treasurer to give bonds. 

6i9a. Compensation of commission- 
ers. 

C30a. Duties of commissioners; cour- 
ses of study, how fixed ; admis- 
sions and graduations; selec- 
tion of teachers. 

631a. Treasurer of board to receive 



Section 

moneys ; board to secure school 
property and arrange for train- 
ing schools :"general powers; 
report to the legislature. 

632a. Appropriations for support of 
normal schools. 

633a. Appropriations for apparatus, 
etc 

634a. Free tuitions, when grantPd ; 
admissions in other cases. 

643. Graded schools may establish 
training schools, when. 



Sec. 626. The normal schools at Randolph, Johnson and continued tin W20. 

^ ' 1S98. No. 21; 1888, No. 

Castleton are continued until August, A. D., 1920. lo, § i; R. h. § 462. 

1878, No. 113,§ 1; 1874, No. 34; 1870, No. 20, § I; 1866, No. 1, §§ 1, 7. 

Sees. 627, 628, 629, 630, 631, 632, 633, 634 and 635. Repealed. s«««n^«p«ii«i- 



' 1896, No. 20, § 6. 



BOARD OF NORMAL SCHOOL COMMISSIONERS. 



Sec. 627a. In the month of November, 1898, the governor 'ppointment. 
shall appoint a board of normal school commissioners. SaidNo.'2o, §§ i, 2; V. s.', 

^^ ^§631, 63i;1894, No. 32, 

board shall consist of three persons, appointed one for one year, §'§5,6. 
one for two years, one for three years. And there shall also be 
appointed biennially by him for the term of two years, one per- 
son resident in Castleton, one resident in Johnson, and one resi- 
dent in Randolph, who shall serve without pay, and shall 
act with the board and the state superintendent of education in 
matters pertaining solely to the affairs of the normal school in 
the town of his residence. In November of each year following 
1898 the governor shall appoint one member of said board for the 
period of three years, and he shall fill vacancies in the board 
whenever they occur. 

Sec. 628a. Said board shall meet on or before the tenth day organization ;bonds_by 
of January in each year and organize by the election of a chair- i89s,''no. 22, '§12' is96, 
man, a secretary, and treasurer. The board may appoint from °' " • ^ 
its own membership such committees as are needed for the proper 
performance of its duties. The treasurer shall give such bonds 
and bonds of such amount as the governor and the auditor of ac- 
counts shall direct and approve. 

Sec. 629a. The members of the board appointed by the compensaiion. 

, ,, • 1 i- • • u 11 • j: 1902, No. 24. § 1 ; 1898, 

governor, except the resident commissioners, shall receive fourNo. 22, §3; i896. No. 

''0 64 

dollars a day and their travelling expenses for the time spent in' ' 
the performance of their duties under this act, and their secretary 
shall be furnished with stationery. And said resident commis- 
sioners shall receive their travelling expenses when away from 
the towns in which they reside in the performance of their duties 
under this act. 



14 NORMAL SCHOOLS— APPROPRIATIONS. [Title II. 

emtioymerrj^^^^ ^^c. 630a. Said board shall have the care of the normal and 

iff''lo!'22rM" 1^96; training schools, in conjunction with the state superintendent of 
Ko. 20, § 5. education, they shall establish courses of study for the normal 

schools and revise the same when necessary ; they shall deter- 
mine the conditions for admission to and for graduation from the 
normal schools, they shall provide for the issue of certiflcatss to 
teach to all persons of good moral character who may pass the 
examinations required for graduation, and they may revoke the 
same for good and sufficient reasons shown ; they shall select and 
employ all teachers for the normal and for the training schools, 
and shall dismiss them when the interest of the schools demand 
it. 
SsS^aTrrg/fo^usfof ^Eo. 631a. The board by their treasurer shall receive all 
t^nante^? tefning^lcS; i^^oneys appropriated from the state treasury for the support of 
i89*8i'^No!l'2!*§T' *^^ normal and training schools and all moneys accruing to the 
schools from other sources and shall apply the same in their dis- 
cretion for the benefit of the schools ; they shall agree with the 
trustees of the several schools for the use of the school property 
held in trust by them ; they shall arrange with the school boards 
of the towns in which the normal schools are located for the 
maintenance of the training schools ; in general they shall have 
and exercise such powers as are needed for properly conducting 
the normal and the training schools ; and they shall report bien- 
nially to the legislature the condition and progress of the normal 
schools, and the moneys received and expended for the same. 

APPROPRIATIONS. 

Amouni^ when payable. Sec. 632a. The sum of five thousand five hundred dollars is 

19u0, No. 18, § 1; 1898, 

?ln;^l*,^^,',^o^/5,^„il' appropriated annually to each of the normal and training schools, 

1896, No. 21, § 1; 1894, ^ >- •- ^ -j 07 

?^^o^lv^^k'^,:*ii^Vo..o to be expended by the normal school commissioners for the sup- 
^P:nV'}J'-,^r.Mir o„ poi't of the same. The state auditor is authorized and directed to 

•§§ 472, il.i; 18/6, NO.i59, 

flA''^4^^''i;?^.°;^^4 5t'draw his order on the state treasurer for the sum of eight thou- 

18/3, No. 20, § 1; 1870, " 

No. 19, § 1. sand two hundred and fifty dollars on the first day of February 

and of September of each year in favor of the treasurer of the 
board of normal school commissioners, which sum shall be used 
in equal portions for the support of the three normal schools. 

swdai appropriation. Sec. 633a. The sum of ouc thousand five hundred dollars is 

I9O2, MO. 24, 8 o> 1900, 

N0.18, §2; 1898. No. 22, appropriated to be used in three equal portions by the board of 
normal school commissioners in making additions to the appara- 
tus, cabinets, libraries, art and manual training departments of 
the normal schools, provided that the trustees of the several 
normal schools offer a suitable place for the reception of the same. 
The state auditor is authorized and directed to draw his order on 
the state treasurer in favor of the treasurer of the board of normal 
school commissioners on the first day of February, 1903, for the 
sum of one thousand five hundred dollars. 

(Note.— This appropriation was extended to the year 1904 by Joint Resolution 
No. 416 of the Acts of 1902.) 



Chap. 35.] TEACHERS' CERTIFICATES. . 15 

Sec. 634a. Persons who declare their intention to complete Atoisdons: free tniUons; 
a course of study in a normal school and to teach in the state for ^^^--., ^'0.^24 y^ i|?8, 
two years after graduation therefrom and who comply with the-^-S-; '^'•^•S^^o-^^- 
conditions established by the board of normal school commissioners 
for the admission of students, shall be entitled to free tuition in 
the normal school of their choice. Other persons may be ad- 
mitted to the normal schools in the discretion of the board of 
normal school commissioners on conditions and tuition fees estab- 
lished by them. 

Secs. 636, 637, 638, 639, 640, 641 and 642. Repealed. !89t"No.'*^l1'3. 

TRAINING SCHOOL. 

Sec. 643. A graded school incorporated by a special act of Jj*¥.^';;^''»^s^may estabUsh; 
the general assembly, and situated in a county in which there is f^- ^^- -^^^ *'^ > ^^'^' ^°- 
no normal school, may establish a department for the instruction 
and training of teachers. The superintendent of education shall 
establish two courses of study in such training school similar to 
those of normal schools. The examining board for such training 
scliool shall be composed of the superintendent of education, the 
principal of the school and the examiner appointed for the normal 
school in the same congressional district. Such examiner shall 
receive four dollars a day and travelling expenses. The board 
shall have the same powers and be liable to the same duties as 
the examining board of a normal school. 

(Note.— While this section is probably in some parts still operative, the pro- 
visions relating to the examining board are rendered obsolete by the repeal of the 
rest of chapter 34.j 



Chapter 35. 



TEACHERS' CERTIFICATES. 

Section i Section 

644. Certificate necessary; age of can- ' 653. Second grade. 

didate. • 654. Third grade. 

645. Normal and training school cer- 6.55. Private examinations; fee for 

tificate. same. 

646. Graduate of lower course may 656. Graded school defined. 

have further examination, and 657. Extended certification, 

certificate. i 658. College graduate entitled to cer- 

647. Cnlimited certificate. ' tificate. 

64)?. To normal school graduate of 659. Graduate of secondarj- school 

another state. may receive certificate. 

648a. To kindergarten graduates. , 660. Unlimited certificate. 

649. Public examinations; records. ' 661. Holder of certificate to notify 

650. How and by whom conducted. clerk of school board. 

651. Examination papers ; teacher to ; 662. Permits, how issued; number; 

exhibit certificate. renewals. 

65-2. Grades of certificates; first 663. Revocation of certificates, 

grade. ! 



16 TEACHERS' CERTIFICATES. [Title IL 

SJidS!""'''"^'"^*"^ Sec. 644. No person shall teach a public school without 
No^"5,^§'ifi88Vko^^9'^^"^"^S ^ certificate or a permit as hereinafter provided, and a 
Ls!'*^.' ^2 vt^w^f^ig^*^^^^'^*^^ ^o^' teaching shall be void if the teacher does not 
vt." 586.' It-vt.ul'. 34 obtain said certificate or permit before opening school. No cer- 
vt! 353.' 28 vt! 575' 46 tificatc Or permit shall be granted to a person not seventeen years 
vt:452: ■ • of age. 

Sfiate"'^ ^"^'"^^ **"*' Sec. 645. A certificate of graduation from the lower course 
§'47%^876?No?^9r'§i'; of ^ uormal or training school in this state, shall be a license to 
No*'if§°4.^^' ^^' ^^^^' teach in the public schools for five years from the date thereof; 
and a certificate of graduation from the higher course of such 
normal or training school, shall be a license to teach in the public 
schools for ten years from the date thereof. 
m?te^e*L'rtto*mmijia- ^^^- ^46. A graduate from the lower course of a normal or 
1888 ^No.'e.i"*!*; R. L. training school, at the fifth annual examination after his gradua- 
§476; 1876, No. 50, §i;^JQj^^ qj^ presenting to the examining board of such school satis- 
factory evidence that he has taught successfully in the public 
schools of the state one hundred weeks since his graduation, may 
be admitted to an examination in the higher course of study in 
said school, and on passing a satisfactory examination therein, 
shall receive a certificate from the board of trustees or committee 
of such school, which shall be a license to teach in the public 
schools for ten years from the date thereof. 

iS'no'!*25!'?2;" 1890, ^Ec. 647. A graduate of such normal or training school 
No^. 5, § 2; 1888, No. 9, j^oldiug a tcu ycars' certificate, or two five years' certificates, who 
has taught successfully two hundred weeks under the same, may, 
after the expiration thereof, by the concurrent action of the 
superintendent of education and examiner of teachers of the 
county where such graduate last taught, be granted, without 
examination, a certificate to teach in the public schools until the 
same is revoked. 
To gradnates of normal jsec. 648. A graduate of a normal school in another state, 

school m another state. ° ' 

No^'i9^ § '3^^1890^ ^0^5'^^^^^^^^^ ^^ *^^ superintendent of education, may receive, with- 
§ 2; 1888, No. 9, § 44. ' out examination, from an examiner of teachers, on presentation of 
a diploma or certificate of graduation, a certificate of the first 
grade, valid for five years from the date of graduation and subject 
to the same provisions as certificates of graduation from a normal 
school in this state. 

To Kindergarten graduates. Sec. 648a. Kindergarten tcachers who are graduates of 

1900, No. 26, § 1. . , ,. , ° , . . , , . 

recognized kindergarten training schools may receive, without 

examination, a five year certificate as such kindergarten teacher. 

Pnbiie examinations; records Sec. 649. The examiner of tcachcrs shall hold public exami- 

of same; certificates, when .. „ ,. . „ i-n , , 1,. i-. 

void. nations lor applicants for certificates at such times and places as 

No. 22; 1890, No' 5, §3; shall bcst accommodatc the teachers of the county. The examiner 

shall keep a record of the name, age and residence of each person 

examined and the date and grade of each certificate issued ; an 

applicant who fails to pass shall not have another examination 



Chap. 35.] TEACHERS' CERTIFICATES. 17 

within three months thereof. A certificate obtained contrary to 
the provisions of this chapter shall be void. 

Sec. 650. Examinations shall be both oral and written, 'bnt ^o* an^ by wiiom condncw. 
if the examiner is prevented from attending, by sickness or other ^"<'^3^|?^i^*'^^o- ^> 
cause, he may employ some competent person to conduct the ex- 
amination ; and may afterward grant certificates upon the exami- 
nation papers and the report of the person who conducted the 
same ; if the examiner is unable to issue seasonable certificates, 
the superintendent of education shall do so. An examiner who 
neglects for twelve days to notify an applicant for a teacher's 
certificate, of the result of such examination, shall forfeit the 
amount due him for conducting the examination upon which the 
applicant was an attendant. 

Sec. 651. All examination papers shall be preserved in the ^^^*™|Jj'iJ'»^"j^'^^^^^ 
office of the examiner at least one year, and be subject to the in- No'^'g^'^js'^l |o^^' ^^^' 
spection of the superintendent of education. No person shall be 
employed or paid for ser^aces as teacher unless he exhibits to the 
school directors a certificate or permit showing that he is qualified 
to teach the school for which he may apply. 

Sec. 652. The examiner may is^sue certificates of three ^«j^^^'^^«'^*'^****' 
grades. A certificate of the first grade shall be given only to one No^'g^s's'so fs^' ^^^®' 
who has taught forty weeks successfully, and whose examination 
papers show that the applicant has reached the standard required 
by the superintendent of education, passed a satisfactory oral ex- 
amination, and given evidence of good moral character and ability 
to govern ; such certificate shall be a license to teach for five 
years from its date, in any town in the state. 

Sec. 653. A certificate of the second grade shall be granted f^j"^g;^%5 ,^ ^. ^gg^, 
only to one who has taught successfully twelve weeks, and passed fP^ ^•^^' ^*^' ^°- ^' 
a satisfactory examination in all branches required by law to be 
taught in common schools, and whose examination papers show 
that the applicant has reached the standard required by the 
superintendent of education, and given evidence of good moral 
character and ability to govern ; such certificate shall be a license 
to teach for two years from its date, in any town in the state. 

A person who has held a first or second grade certificate, or its 
equivalent certification in other states, and presents evidence of 
recent and successful experience in teachmg, may receive under 
the approval of the superintendent of education, without exami- 
nation, a special second grade certificate, which shaU be valid in 
the town specified until the next public examination, or for a term 
not exceeding one year, when in the judgment of the examiner 
the exigencies of the case require. 

Sec. 654. A certificate of the third grade shall be a license ™ni ?^*\. . , 

° 1896, No. 19, §5; 1890, 

to teach for a specified time, not exceeding one year, in any town |^o. 5, § 5; isss, No. s, 
in the county, and may, in the discretion of the examiner, be 
limited to the teaching of a particular school, and shall be granted 



18 TEACHERS' CERTIFICATES. [Title II. 

only to one who has passed a satisfactory examination in all the 
branches required by law to be taught in the common schools, 
and given evidence of good moral character and ability to govern. 
Such certificate shall be valid in 'another county after endorse- 
ment by the examiner of teachers in that county. A person who 
has twice taken a certificate of the third grade, and who has 
taught at least twenty-four weeks, shall not again be eligible to 
an examination for a certificate of that grade. 
Private examinations; fee Sec. 655- Examiners may give private examinations when 

for same. , . - n ,-, ■ i j^ 

1.^98, No. 20, § 2; 1S90, in their iudsrment the exigencies of the case require and grant 

No. 5, §6; 1888, No. 9, '^ ^ J & ,,.,,„, -,--, I-i^i Z -u 

§§ 15, 63; R. L,. § 487. certificates of third grade which shall be valid until the next pub- 
lic examination. A fee, not exceeding one dollar, shall be paid 
by the applicant for such private examination. 

Graded school defined. Sec. 656 A school maintained by a town or district incor- 

1888, No. 9, § 102; R. ^-'v-rw. j , , j_, 

L.§ 571; 1876, No. 44. porated by a special act of the general assembly, not less than 
thirty weeks each year, and consisting of three or more depart- 
ments, taught by four or more teachers, having an established 
course of study, and having all the departments under control of 
one principal teacher, shall be a graded school. 

Extended certification. Sec 657. A certificate of the first grade, or a certificate of 

1902, No. 25, §5; 1890, "^^^ ^'~" ^ . .. i n i j. i. -u 

No. 5, § 7. the second grade granted on examination, held by a teacher who 

is employed continuously in the same school, shall remain in 
force during such continuous employment. 

coUese sraduat* entitled to §^0. 658- A graduate of a collegc, approved by the superin- 

certificate. °., ... ,T.ij?ii_aj_ 

1902, No. 25, § 6; 1894, tendcut, mav receive, without examination, a certmcate of the nrst 

No. 24, § 1; 1890, No. t j , , . j. t i 

5, § 2; 1888, No. 9, § 57. grade froiu an examiner of teachers upon presentation of a diploma 
or certificate of graduation; and such graduate having taught 
successfully forty weeks may receive, without examination, a 
second first grade certificate after the expiration of the first. 

Graduate of secondary school ggc. 659 A graduate of an academy, seminary or high 

may recMve certificate, when. • o „ ,, . , , » 

1900, No. 24; 1894, No. gchool in a four years' course, following an elementary course of 
nine years, approved in writing by the board of normal school 
commissioners, and having included at least thirty weeks of daily 
study and recitation in the principles and methods of education 
definitely outlined by the state superintendent of education, may 
receive, after successfully passing an examination on the educa- 
tional course, herein described, under the direction of thenormal 
school commissioners, a certificate of the second grade from the 
examiner for the county in which he intends to teach, upon pre- 
sentation of both a certificate of graduation and a certificate of 
the completion of the educational course from the board of normal 
school commissioners. 
Unlimited certifieate. Sec. 660. A person who has held certificates of the first 

No^'w,°§6j'i89o',N^o: grade for ten years, and has during that time taught success- 
5, §2; i888,:no. 9, § 59. ^^^^^ ^^^ huudred wccks, may, after the expiration of the ten 

years, by the concurrent action of the superintendent of educa- 
tion and the examiner of teachers of the county where such 



Chap. 35] TEACHERS' CERTIFICATES. 19 

person last taught, be granted, -wathout examination, a certificate 
to teach in the public schools until the same is revoked. 

Sec. 661. A teacher holding a certificate, licensing him toB^r^f^rtm-^^^^^^^^^ 
teach in any of the public schools in the state, shall notify the fgoo'^ilo'^. 2u"'%o, no! 
clerk of the school board of the date, grade and name of the-^§2; is8|^no._9.'§^o; 
grantor of the same before commencing school, and upon request ii'^- § ■2- 
shall submit the same for his inspection. The contract of a 
teacher neglecting to comply with the provisions of this act 
(section) shall be considered void. 

Sec. 662. The town superintendent of schools may hold p*™^^. how issned; 
examinations for issuing, as hereinafter provided, permits to teach ^^--.^^j l^'isli' ^no' 
in particular schools for a single term of not more than thirteen 2|^^ ^^' .no. 5, § i4; 
weeks and, in case of a successful examination, shall forthwith 
transmit to the examiner of his county the name, age and resi- 
dence of the applicant, the percentages attained, and the examin- 
ation papers of such applicant with the questions used. The 
examiner shall forthwith issue a permit as directed by the town 
superintendent in conformity to the provisions herein made, and 
make record thereof. Not more than six permits may be issued 
for any town during a school year. Any person having received 
one permit from any school ofiicer shall not be eligible to 
another. 

Sec. 663. Examiners of teachers and town superintendents K«vMa«on of wrtifi^ates. 
may, when in their judgment a teacher proves incompetent or^s^jLN°-5'i5^^^'.*^f3'-g^ 
unfit to teach in the public schools, revoke any certificate or per-^*;*-(|°'s^>2'/f6^'i|^58" 
mit granted by them. The superintendent of education may for no. i, § 4. 
like cause, revoke a certificate granted by himself, or by the 
trustees or committee of a normal or training school. Such revo- 
cation to be only on a personal examination of the school by the 
ofiicer revoking the certificate ; and written notice of such revo- 
cation shall be given to the teacher and to one of the school 
directors or prudential committee. 



20 



MAINTENANCE OF SCHOOLS— TOWN SYSTEM. [Title II. 



Chapter 36. 



MArNTENANCE OF SCHOOLS.-TOWN SYSTEM 



Section 

664. Town system established. 
Districts excepted. 
Voters in incorporated districts. 
Towns to have charge of school 

property. 
To provide schoolhouses ; direc- 
tors. 

Directors. 

How elected ; term of office. 

In towns having elected six. 

Vacancies ; how filled. 

To be sworn; chairman. 

Duties of directors. 

To recommend appropriations. 

Powers respecting schoolhouses 

and sites. 
To present an annual report. 
To perform duties of clerk, when. 
Compensation. 

Clerk. 

Duties; compensation. 

To prepare list of children of 
school age. 

Parents refusing to give infor- 
mation ; penalty. 

To procure register, etc. 

Maintenance of Schools. 

Number of weeks required ; 
studies. 

Commemorative exercises. 

Directors to determine places 
and times of holding schools; 
conveyance of scholars; ap- 
peal from decision of board. 



665. 
666. 
667. 

668. 



670. 
671. 
672. 
673. 
674. 
675. 

676. 
677. 
678. 

679. 
680. 

681. 

682. 



685. 



Section 

686. Instruction in vocal music. 

687. Repealed. 

688. Pupils from other towns. 

689. Instruction in adjoining towns., 
6S9a. Appeal in case of disagreement. 

690. Education of advanced pupils. 

Town High School, and Higher 1n^ 
steuction. 

691. Towns may establish or furnish 

higher instruction elsewhere v 
Number of weeks school; in- 
struction ; diplomas. 
Instruction in towns having in^ 
corporated schools or aca-. 
demies. 
Directors to provide higher in^ 
struction for all advanced 
pupils of the town. 
Rebate for tuitions paid.T 
High school and academy de-. 

fined. 
Standard of school and qualifica^ 
tions of scholars, how deter- 
mined. 

Union of Graded School and Town- 
District. 

703. Provisions regulating. 

Elections. 

704. Separate ballots; rights of wo., 

men. 



692. 



693. 



694. 



695. 
696. 



697. 



Town system established. 

1892, No. 20, §§ 1, 16; 
1884, No. 27; K. L. 
§ 589; 1870, No. 10, 
§§1,4. 59Vt. 381. 



Districis excepted. 

1892, No. 20, § 1; 1888 
No. 9, §139; R.L.§604; 
1870. No. 10, § 14. 72 
Vt. 451. 



Voters in !iicorporat«d 

districts. 

1892, No. 21, § 23; 

1888, No. 9, § 139. 



Towns to have charge of 

school property. 

1892, No. 20, §2. 67 Vt. 

317. 68 Vt. 88. 74 Vt, 

115. 



Sec. 664. Each town in this state shall constitute one dis- 
trict for school purposes, and the division of towns into school 
districts shall no longer exist except for the settlement of their- 
pecuniary affairs, but their records shall be preserved by the- 
town. 

67 Vt. 108. 69. Vt. 147. 67 Vt. 334. 69. Vt. 664. 72. Vt. 63. 

Sec. 665. School districts incorporated by special acts of the- 
' general assembly, and school districts in unorganized towns and, 
gores shall not be affected by this chapter, unless they vote to be- 
come part of the town district. 

Sec 666. The voters in a district incorporated by a special 
act of the general assembly, shall not vote in town meetings for- 
the officers of, nor upon any matter pertaining to, the schools of 
the town district. 

Sec. 667. A town shall take charge of the schoolhouses and. 
, the property belonging thereto, within its limits, and all debts. 
■ outstanding that have accrued for the purchase of land, erection 
of schoolhouses and repairs thereon shall be audited and paid by- 
the town. 



Chap. 36.] MAINTENANCE OF SCHOOLS— DIRECTORS. 21 

Sec. 668. Each town shall provide and maintain suitable Jo ^ronde schooihonses; 
schoolhouses ; and the location and the construction of the same lf%^°QQ2-^ \l%f No! 
shall be under the control of the board of school directors. *s: ^- s- ^^' § ^^' 

R. S. 18, § 1; 1827, No. 23, Sec. 1 ; R. 1797, p. 493, § 1. 32 Vt. 224. 
DIRECTORS. 

Sec. 669. Each town shall have a board of school directors How elected; term of nffite. 

1894, No. 15, § 1; 1892. 

consisting of three citizens of the town one of whom shall beNo 20 § 4; 1888. No. 

*=" 9, § 126; K. JLd. 9 094; 

elected at each annual meeting- of the town and whose term of i87o, no. 10, §§ 2, 3. 
office shall be for three years or until a successor is elected. 

59 vt. 202. 59 vt. 658. 

Sec. 670. Towns that now have six directors shall elect only in towns haying elected six. 

1894 J No. 15, § ^. 

one director each year who shall serve with the directors hereto- 
fore elected in said towns and the directors in said towns shall 
serve until the terms for which they were elected expire. 

Sec. 671. The selectmen may temporarily fill a vacancy inVawneks^howfliied.^ ^ 
the board until an election is had and a record thereof shall be §§594^ 596; 1870, no. io| 

§§ 2, o, 6. 

made in the town clerk's office. 

Sec. 672. Directors shall be sworn and on or before the first Jo be swom; chairman. 

1890, No. 5, § 2; 1888, 

day of April, annually, elect one of their number chairman. no. 9, § 127. 

R. L. §§ .595, 597; 1876, No. 46; 1870, No. 10, §§ 5, 7. 

Sec. 673. The board of school directors shall have the care pn«es of directors. 

lyOi, No. /b, s *-! loi7o« 

of the school property of the town and the management of its no. 20, j^4; ^i894^ No. 
schools: shall keep schoolhouses suitably' repaired and insured ; p.^S; %_• 9.J -^"^pj ?i-^' 

' ^ •' ^ ' § o97; 18i6, No.46; I81O, 

shall determine the number and location of schools; shall employ ?^o. 10. § '-pvt. 43. 

Ob V t. oola ob V Ti, ODba 

teachers and fix their compensation by a majority vote ; shall ex- "2 vt. 63. 
amine and allow claims arising therefrom, and draw orders upon 
the town treasurer for the payment thereof; shall have authority 
to designate the schools which shall be attended by the various 
pupils in the town ; and make regulations not inconsistent with 
law for carrying the powers granted them into effect. 

Sfic. 674. The board shall, annually, before the fifteenth day J^^/**""™*"* appropria- 
of February, in writing, recommend to the selectmen the amount 1*^92, No. 20, § 14. 
of money necessary to be appropriated for the use of schools. 

Sec. 675. Boards of directors shall have power to purchase P«wers respecting schooi- 

^ ^ houses and sites. 

sites, erect schoolhouses, or sell buildings or sites when author- ^^^-> No. 21, § i9; 
ized by a vote of their respective towns so to do. 

B. L. § 603; 1870, No. 10, § S. 

Sec. 676. The board shall, at each annual town meeting, t<> present an annual report. 

*-" 1*93, NO. 20, 9 10; 

present to the town a full report of their doings Avith an exhibit F||^.^igjo' I^Jf^io^s^' 
of orders drawn by them for school purposes. 

Sec. 677. In case of the absence or disabilitv of the clerk his To perform duties of clerk, 

" when. 

duties shall be performed by the board of directors. i'^^S' ^°- ^> § S3. 

R. L. § 516; G. S. 22, § 36; 1846, No. 6. 

Sec. 678. The compensation of directors shall be such sum compensation. 
as towns vote at an annual meeting for the time actually spent in " " ' 



22 MAINTENANCE OF SCHOOLS— CLERK. [Title II. 

f 600^' istg^'no" 46'- ^^^^ performance of their duties, and their account shall be 
1870, No. 10, §§ 5, 7. audited and allowed like those of other town oflBcers. 

CLERK. 

lis! NrirS;" 1890, ^^^- ^'^^- "^^^ board of directors shall appoint a clerk who 
§§^127,' yj R^ l' §§*3'i7' shall serve until his successor is appointed and who shall keep 
^o. s^Jf' i87o,°No!^io! ^ permanent record and enter therein the proceedings of the 
No.^37f'§'i^'y.''s^^'i8'^^^^^' ^^ shall within two weeks after the beginning of each 
§ 10; 1827, No. 23, § 7. term of school send to the county examiner the names of the 
teachers employed together with the grade and date of the cer- 
tificate held by each, and he shall be paid for his services by 
orders drawn by the school directors. 
Ihooiag™"'*"^'™"'""^ ^^c. 680. He shall, annually, on or before the first day of 
^o^.' 2i^\rK^ "r 1892' ■'^^^I'^^^y' prepare an accurate list containing the name and age 
M'no.^ ^^' ^^^^' ^°'0f each child of school age, residing in the town or district, and 
the name of the parent or other person having control of such 
child ; he shall keep the list on file and make such report there- 
from as the superintendent of education may require. For taking 
the census he shall receive from the town four cents for each 
person of school age. 

Momatiml'lenaityl ^^^ ^^'^' ^^L If a parent or other person having control of a 

No^9^§°m ' ^ ^' ^^^^' child between the ages of five and twenty- one years refuses to 

give the clerk information as to the age of such child, or falsely 

states the same, he shall be fined not more than twenty dollars, 

and not less than five dollars. 

KTo.'itlNf 1892, Sec. 682. The clerk shall, annually, on or before the first 

§§°6i9,' ly °' ilis^o! Tuesday of April, procure from the town clerk a register for each 

i^'ilfi^ Ncf.' ss!' §^'4! school in his town district and be responsible for the safe keeping 

'^^~%8.'^' ^^' ^ ^' ■^^^*' thereof ; when a register is completed in accordance with the 

law, he shall file it in the office of the town clerk on or before the 

second Tuesday of the following April, pursuant to the provisions 

of section seven hundred and twenty seven. 

G. S. 22, §§ 22, 109, 110; 1858, No. 1, §§ 7, 8. 
MAINTENANCE OF SCHOOLS. 

Nnmber of wetks required; Sec. 683- In evcry towu there shall be kept for at least 
N^*'2o^6 6-'^i88\^'n ^^9' twcnty-cight weeks in each year, at the expense of said town, by 
!! ^IlIF'x)' ^o^i^'i^Qo'a teacher or teachers of competent ability and of good morals, a 
^.9^- ??'.^ll^ ?v L-„§| sufficient number of schools for the instruction of all the children 

558, 560; 1880, No. 98, § 

ii \^'^.^^ ^- i^L^.- ?• "who may legally attend all the public schools therein; and all 

22, § 19; E. S. 18, § 1; j o 1 j. 7 

r97' *^493^'l'i^ 3-ivt'P^P^^^ shall be thoroughly instructed in good behavior, reading, 
224.' 56 vt. 551. writing, spelling, English grammar, geography, arithmetic, free- 

hand drawing, the history and constitution of the United States, 
and in elementary physiology and hygiene, with special refer- 
ence to the effect of alchoholic drinks and narcotics on the human 
system, and shall receive special instruction in the geography, 
history, constitution and principles of the government of Vermont. 



Chap. 36] MAINTENANCE OF SCHOOLS. 23 

Sec. 684. The last half-day's session of the public schools 5^^|'|X"'.^^'.'' *'^*™'''' 
before Memorial day shall be devoted to exercises commemorative 
of the history of this nation during the war of the Rebellion and 
to patriotic instruction in the principles of liberty and the equal 
rights of man. 

Sec. 685. Schools shall be located at such places and held at Jj^^f ^'^/•/J;;^™^^ 
such times as in the judgment of the school directors will best*;:};o«^^^.'^»^'^'*>^*^^^^^^^ j^. 
subserve the interests of education, and give all the scholars of ^^^^i,",^ xo*2i!' § i ; isgs, 
the town equal advantages so far as practicable. The school .^^^-^ f.' j^gj ^^^^'g^^^- 
directors may provide conveyance of scholars from such points as ||^^*'|:.^-^;^3'^g5^l|^^' 
they ma}^ designate to and from school at the expense of the •'^'- ^^ ^*- ^''^• 
town, when in their judgment they deem it advisable, or may pay 
a reasonable sum for the board of such scholars while in atten- 
dance upon school. In case the school directors refuse to provide 
board or conveyance for scholars residiug more than one and 
one-half miles from school when requested so to do by the parent 
or guardian of any such scholar, an appeal may be had to the 
selectmen of the town on a petition signed by ten or more resi- 
dent taxpayers of such town. On receipt of such petition the 
selectmen shall inquire into the necessity of such conveyance and 
determine Avhether such scholars are receiving the equality of 
school advantages herein contemplated. They shall make known 
their decision to the school directors in writing, whose duty it 
shall be to provide board or transportation for such scholars when 
so ordered by the selectmen. Nothing in this act (section) shall 
be construed as applying to the conveying of scholars attending 
high schools. 

Sec. 686. The board of school directors may provide for l"**™'^*" •" ^sfie'To^' 
daily instruction in vocal music by the regular teacher ; and a io9, no, m. 
town district may, at a regular meeting, instruct its directors to 
provide for such instruction by a teacher employed for that 
purpose. 

Sec. 687. Repealed. f&o!'l!!'§8. 

Sec. 688. The board of school directors may receive into the fnpiisJfrom other towns^^^ 
schools under their charge, pupils residing in other towns, in theNo. 9 § 131; r. l 

^ ' ^ ^ ° ' § 598; 1870, No. 10, § 9. 

same manner and under such terms and restriction as they deem '^2 vt. 126. 
best, and moneys received for the instruction of non-resident 
pupils shall be paid into the school fund of the town. 

Sec. 689. Repealed. isa^ No''l5*'§ 4 

Sec. 689a. A child residing in the vicinity of a school in an instruction in adjoiDing 
adjoining town, who can evidently be better accommodated in isys^No. 25, §i;i892, 
such school, may demand the privileges of said school; and the§ 132; r. l. §066; isVe,' 

No. 47, § 2. 

tuition charged shall be a sum not greater than the cost per 
pupil for the maintenance of said school, which tuition shall be 
paid from the school moneys of the town in which said pupil is 
resident. And it is further provided that such tuition shall not 
exceed one dollar per week for such pupil. 



24 HIGH SCHOOLS AND HIGHER INSTRUCTION. [Title II. 

Apprai in case of disagree- Sec. 689b. In case of a disagreement Concerning the particu- 
i^%f §'3^^' ^ ^' '^^^^' ^^^ i^chool any child shall attend, arising under the provisions of 
this act, (Se(;. 689a.) or in case of a failure of the school directors 
to agree as to the tuition provided for herein (therein), either 
board of such school directors, or any person interested, may 
appeal in writing to the examiner of teachers in and for the 
county in which such child is a resident, whose decision in the 
premises shall be final. Nothing in this act (sections 689a. and 
689b,) shall be construed to apply to pupils who have advanced 
beyond the branches enumerated in section 683 of the Vermont 
Statutes. 

Edncation of advanced Sec. 690. Towns may, by vote, authorize the directors to 

pupils. J T J 

1892, No. 21, § 24; E. L. providc for the education of advanced pupils of school age in any 
graded or incorporated school or academy within the limits of the 
town. 

(NoTE.-Wliile this section remains unrepealed, It is rendered practically in- 
operative by the provisions of Sec. 694a.) 

TOWN HIGH SCHOOLS AND HIGHER INSTRUCTION. 

Sections repealed. Secs. 691, 692, 693, 694, 695, 696, 697, 698, 699 and 700. 

1900, No. 25, § 2. ' ' ' ? ) ? 5 5 

Repealed. 
Towns may'estabiish high Sec. 691a. Any towii may establish and maintain a high 

schools or furnish higher ^ u o 

instruction elsewhere. school or high scliools. Every town Containing twenty -live hun- 

1902, No, 27, §§ 1, 2; *= -^ & J 

1900, No 25, §1; v. s. dred inhabitants according to the latest public census taken by 

§§691, 700; 1894, No. 28, & i' J 

§i;i894, No. 29, §1; tlic authority of the United States, shall maintain a high school, 

1888, No 9, Chap. 6; '' ' b ' 

R. L. §§ 572, 597, or fumisli higher instruction for advanced pupils as hereinafter 

provided. 

Number of weeks school; ^'^^' 692a. Such high scliool shall be kept for the benefit of 
i894°No"!29!'§™*V. s. ^^1 1^^^ inhabitants of the town not less than thirty-three weeks 
^'^'^^- in each year, exclusive of vacations, and at such convenient 

place as the legal voters may determine, and the instruction given 
in said schools shall be such as will properly fit a student therein 
for entrance into either of the colleges of this state. Such high 
schools may establish courses of study and grant diplomas to 
graduates therefrom. 

Instruction in towns having Sec. 693a- A town having an incorporated graded school or 

incorporated schools or a x o 

academks. ^' academy which provides the instruction herein required need not 

§ wi. ' ' make the provision named in the preceding section but shall se- 
cure the instruction in said high school or academy of all scholars 
resident in the town district whose proficiency will permit there- 
of, if they desire such instruction and shall pay a reasonable sum 
to said incorporated school or academy as tuition therefor, and it is 
hereby required that such incorporated school or academy receive 
such pupils from the town district and give to them every advan- 



Chap. 36.] HIGHER INSTRUCTION— STATE AID. 25 

tage in instruction received by pupils resident in said incorpor- 
ated district or attending such academy. 

Sec. 694a. The board of school directors shall provide for»i;^«ft«^^^<'P';^^^^^^^ 
the instruction of advanced pupils in higher branches of study infUS-l'^xJHT'''^^. igoo 
the high school or schools of the town. When no high school isi^^i'-'^ji^^^jg^j f-.^i^' 
maintained by a town, the board of school directors shall provide ^'o^g|^,_§_v;_R.L.^^^ 
such instruction for such pupils in the high school of an incor-^-,«-j^"^g§i.^^|"^^'j'^o- 
porated school district or in an academy of the town, if any such 
secondary school exists within the town. When no high school 
or academy exists within the town, the board of school directors 
shall provide such instruction for such pupils in the high schools 
or academies of other towns within or without the state. 

Sec. 695a. The clerk of a town whose pupils are provided certain towns to have a 

. . .,1 rebat* from state treasury 

With higher instruction m another town, as herein provided on acronnt of taitions paid. 

" ' ^ 190-2, No. 27, § 4. 

(section 694 a.), shall on or before the first day of June of each 
year furnish to the superintendent of education, on a blank to be 
supplied by him for such purpose, a certified statement of the 
names, ages and attendance of such pupils, and of the school 
attended and amount of tuition paid in the case of each and 
such pupil, for the school year ending March thirty-first preced- 
ing. The superintendent of education shall forthwith transmit 
to the state treasurer such statements. The state treasurer shall 
on or before the tenth day of July following annually pay to the 
treasurer of towns which have paid tuitions for higher instruc- 
tion in the high schools or academies of other town or towns 
according to the provisions of this act (section 694 a.), sums as 
follows : first, to towns having raised forty per cent, or more of 
its grand list for school purposes for the preceding school year, 
excluding state tax, a sum equal to one-fourth of the sum ex- 
pended for tuitions ; second, to towns having raised fifty per cent- 
or more, a sum equal to one-half of the sum expended for tuitions ; 
third, to towns having raised sixty per cent, or more, a sum equal 
to three-fourths of the sum expended for tuitions ; to towns hav- 
ing raised seventy per cent or more, a sum equal to the entire 
sum expended for tuitions. 

Sec. 696a. A school maintained by a town, city or incor- High school and academy 

IT ^ -J defined. 

porated school district for thirty-three or more weeks in each 1902, No. 27, § 5. 
school year, taught by a teacher or teachers of competent ability, 
good morals and legal certification, having an established course 
or courses of study for four years, or a part thereof, said course 
or courses following a nine years' elementary course or its equiva- 
lent, and providing instruction in all or a part of the subjects 
usually taught in secondary schools of good standing, such as the 
English language and literature, higher mathematics, history, the 
natural, political, social, moral and industrial sciences, ancient 



26 



UNION OF GRADED AND TOWN SCHOOLS. [Title II. 



standard of scliool or of 
qnalificatiiins of pnirils to 
le determined by superin- 
tendent of education. 
1902, No. 27, §§ 6, 7. 



and modern languages, art, music and physical culture, shall be 
a high school. Any institution incorporated by special act of the 
General Assembly and providing instruction equivalent to that 
of high schools shall be considered academies (an academy) for 
the purpose of this act. 

Sec. 697a. In case of a disagreement arising under this act 
as to the standing of any school or as to the fitness or qualifica- 
tions of a pupil for receiving higher instruction as herein provided, 
such questions may be referred to the superintendent of educa- 
tion, and on request he shall establish and define the proper 
standard for such schools and determine the necessary qualifica- 
tions of pupils and means for ascertaining such qualifications for 
the purposes of this act. But no person under twenty-one years 
of age' shall be deprived of the advantages of this act on account 
of age. This act (1902, No. 27) shall not apply to the collegiate 
education of any student. 



Provisions regulating. 
1894, No. 31. 



UNION OF GRADED SCHOOL AND TOWN DISTRICT. 

Sec. 703. No union of an incorporated graded school district 
with a town district can be had except by act of the general 
assembly or the concurrent action of the two districts, at a meet- 
ing of each duly warned and held. Where such union is effected, 
if such incorporated graded school district had previously main- 
tained a high school it shall be incumbent on the town district 
with which said incorporated graded school district unites, there- 
after to keep and maintain within the limits of said incorporated 
graded scfeool district a high school of equal grade and character 
to that which had been previously maintained by said incorporated 
graded school district. The graded system in the departments 
below the high school shall also be maintained and in an efficient 
manner. Said high school shall be open to all scholars in the 
town district of suitable age and qualifications. Any high school 
existing under the provisions of this statute may be discontinued 
or the location changed by the county court on petition of the 
board of school directors of the town district in which it is 
located, after hearing, on sufficient notice, if it shall be made to 
appear that the interests of education in such town district re- 
quire such discontinuance or change. A town district thus com- 
posed failing to comply with the provisions of this section, or any 
of them, may be compelled to comply with all and every the 
provisions of this section by mandate issuing from the court of 
chancery. 

ELECTIONS. 



Separate ballots ; rights 
of women 



Sec. 704. In toAvn districts having more than four thousand 
No?'9f§°92^R.L.'§■5fl•"^ll^bitrtnts the school directors shall be voted for upon a separate 



Chap. 37.] SCHOOL YEAR. 27 

ballot deposited in a separate ballot box. Women shall have the ^3 y't^^sss!^^' °'^^^-^^' 
same right as men to vote on all matters pertaining to schools 
and school officers in towns, cities and graded school districts, 
and the same right to hold offices relating to school affairs. 



Chapter 37. 



SCHOOL YEAR. 



Skction 

705. School year; day, week, montli. 

706. Number of weeks required. 



Section 

707. Time spent by teacher at insti- 
tutes, etc. 
70S. Legal holidays. 



Sec. 705. The school year shall commence the first day of ^^oflj y**"-. day, week, 
April and end on the last day of March following. In t^ie i892, ko. 21, § 2^^^ ^^^ 
absence of express contract, a session of three hours in the fore-R-.^ I^JJ'ssl^^' ^°' 
noon and three in the afternoon shall constitute a school day, is*^, No. 24, § 1. 
five days a school week, and four weeks a school month. 

Sec. 706. Each district shall maintain a school at least Snmber of weeks required. 

. , . , , , • xu .1 1S9*. No. 21, § 1; 1894, 

twenty-eight weeks in the school year. no.is, §i; 

1892, No. 20, § 6; 1890, No. 5, § 2; 1888, No. 9, §§ 112, 164; 1882, No. 21, § 1; R. L. § 560; 1880, 

No. 98, § 1. 

Sec. 707. The time, not exceeding four days, actually Time spent by teacher at 
spent by a teacher in attendance upon a teachers' institute ori892. No. 21, §3:i888, 

, . , , . No. 9, § 166; 1882, No. 

state teachers association, during the time such teacher 1S22, §1. 
engaged, shall, in determining the compensation of the teacher, 
and the number of weeks of school, be accounted the same as 
if spent in teaching. 

Sec. 708. A teacher in the public schools shall not be L^gai Midays. 
required to teach on a legal holiday, and no deduction shall No^'9,^*i67j'i886,' ^^ ' 
be made from his time or compensation because of his absence °' " * 
on such days in determining the number of weeks of school 
taught by said teacher. 



28 



SCHOOL AGE— ATTENDANCE. [Title II. 



Chapter 38. 



SCHOOL AGE. -ATTENDANCE. 



Section 

709. "Legal pupils"; kindergarten 

schools. 
Tbuant Officers. 

710. Appointment; vacancies. 

Attendance. 

711. Children shall attend. 

712. Employment in mill or factory. 

713. Illiterate children not to be em- 

ployed, when. 

714. Penalty; duty of truant officer. 

715. Power and duty of town super- 

intendent. 

716. Proceedings against parents and 

guardians. 



Section 

717. Child may be sent to industrial 

school; overseer to clothe, 
when. 

718. Proceedings against children 

violating this law. 
718a. Truant officer to control non- 
resident pupils. 

719. Prosecution of parent, guardian 

or master. 

720. Complaint. 

721. Neglect or refusal tocomply with 

law; penalty; jurisdiction. 

722. Compensation of truant officers. 



"legal pnpils" ; kiadergar- 
ten schools. 



Sec. 709. The term " legal pupils " shall include all persons 

No?'24°§ v' isli^No!^®^^®®^ *^® ^^®^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^ eighteen years, but persons past 

1888 ^ifo^^l'f 150 -^ 'ilsV ®^^^*^®^ years of age shall not be deprived of public school 

isTO^No^ii^l^^^' advantages on account of age. No child under five years of age 

shall be received as a pupil into any of the public schools of the 

state; and children attaining the age of five years after the 

beginning of the fall term of a school year shall not be received 

into the public schools until the beginning of the fall term of the 

following year unless said children have the written permission 

of the superintendent of schools. School directors or school 

boards may establish and maintain one or more kindergartens 

into which children under five years of age may be received ; and 

such kindergarten schools, conforming to the laws governing 

public schools, shall be considered as public schools.. 



TRUANT OFFICERS. 



Sec. 710. Selectmen of a town and the 



Appointment; vacancies. 
1892, No. 22, §2; R. L 

§ 670; 1870, No. 13, § 1. shall annually appoint two truant oflScers therefor. 



mayor of a city 
On failure 

to appoint such truant ofl&cers, constables, sheriffs, deputy sheriffs 
and policemen, shall act as truant officers. 



ATTENDANCE. 

Children siiaii attend. Sec. 711. A person having the control of a child between the 

1896, No. 19, §8 ; 1894, ^ ° 

^^•c!?'looi^l?^'-'^°- ages of eight and fifteen years, shall cause such child to attend a 

22, § 3; 1888, No. 9, ° ° J i 

No%'5^«/i" 1^^^' ■^^^'^' Public school at least twenty-eight weeks in a year, and such at- 

72 vt''i26 tendance shall be continuous, beginning with the school year, 

unless the child is mentally or physically unable to attend, has 

already acquired the branches required by law to be taught in 

the public schools, or is otherwise being furnished with the same 

education. 

Employment in mill or g^^ rj-jg. No child Under fifteen years of age shall be em- 

No*'22,°§ If il8^8^ No!'9, ployed lu a mill or factory unless such child has attended public 



Chap. 38.] ATTENDANCE. 2D 

school twenty-six weeks during the current year, and deposited §jJ;^*^gi^^.L^.| 673; i867, 
with the owner or overseer of such mill or factory a certificate of 
such attendance at school, signed by the teacher thereof. 

Sec. 713. A child under fourteen who cannot read and write J[|^"«ja^ «^ij*™n "•* *» *•« 
shall not be employed during the sessions of the school such childi^y^'gNo^^'§ 6; isss, 
should attend. 

Sec. 714. Any person violating the provisions of the three f™a»y; duty of tmant 
preceding sections shall be fined not more than twenty-five dol-i««-'g^o22^§7^ i^ss, 
lars and not less than five dollars to the use of the town in which § «'3. 
the child resides. Truant officers shall make complaint for vio- 
lations of this chapter to a justice or judge of a municipal court. 

Sec. 715. The town superintendent may inquire of the owner f2^«^„\i''°\y ** ^«''" 
or overseer of a mill or factory as to the employment of children ^892,^no^22,§ 5; isss, 
therein, may call for the production of the certificate deposited 
with such owner or overseer, and satisfy himself that the require- 
ments of law have been complied with. 

:-Sec. 7l6- A teacher shall promptly give notice to a truant Pj«»<^n||^a|a5nst pa«nts 
officer of violations of this chapter by any pupil enrolled in liisNoi^l'sfisssfko^^H', 
school, and said truant officer shall forthwith inquire into the cause 1^^%^^ ^; ^ ^''^ ' ^^'*^' 
of the pupil's non-attendance, and if he has reason to believe that 
such pupil's parent, guardian, or master has violated the provi- 
sions of this chapter, he shall forthwith enter complaint to a town 
grand juror of the town in which such person having control of 
the child resides, or the state's attorney of the county ill which 
such town is situated, who shall prosecute such person. Any 
person violating the provisions of this chapter (section) shall be 
fined not more than twenty dollars, and not less than five dollars, 
which shall be paid into the treasury of the town. A justice of the 
peace or judge of a municipal court shall have concurrent juris- 
diction with the county court for offences under this section. The 
truant officer may stop any truant under the age of fifteen years, 
wherever found, and take him to school in the town where he re- 
sides. 

Sec. 717. If it appears on trial that the child is not properly children may ims sent to 

^ ^ . • T 1 Vermont Industrial school ; 

clothed for attending school, and that his parent is unable to so overseer to ciotiie, when. 
° ' ^ .1,1 isy*- ^o- '^y^; i^y^. 

clothe him, the overseer of the poor shall furnish suitable clothes No. 22, § 9. 

for the child ; and such inability of a parent shall be a defence to 
a prosecution under this chapter. If it appears that the parent 
or guardian is unable to control the child and keep him in school, 
the justice, or court, with the consent of a majority of the select- 
men, may sentence such child to the Vermont industrial school. 

Sec. 718. A truant officer, school director, or any officer Proceedings against 

children violating this law. 

authorized to make arrests in the town may, and upon theisn no. 26, § i; i894, 

No. 26, § 4; 1894, No. 

written application of three voters in the town, shall, arrest a297; 1892. no. 22, §io; 

^'^ 1888, No. 9, § 159; 1886, 

child who, under the provisions of this chapter is required to no.26; r. l.§670; 
attend school, and during the term of the public school in the 



so 



attendance:. 



[Title II. 



Trnant officer to control 
non-resident pupils. 
1898, No. 25, § 2. 



town in which he resides is habitually found in the streets or. 
other public places, having no lawful occupation, or is an habitual 
truant, and shall take him to the school in said town and place 
him in charge of the teacher thereof, and give notice in writing 
to the parent, guardian or master, requiring him to cause such 
child to attend school regularly. But a child between eight and 
fifteen years of age who is an habitual truant, or who is guilty of 
wilful and continued disobedience to school rules and regulations 
or laws, or whose conduct is pernicious and injurious to a school, 
may be sentenced to the Vermont industrial school for a period 
of not less than twenty-six weeks. Justices of the peace and 
judges of municipal courts shall have concurrent jurisdiction 
with the county court of offences under this section. 

Sec. 718a. A truant officer, or any officer authorized to make 
arrests, in a town, to a school of which a non-resident child has 
been appointed to attend, or in which he is enrolled, according to 
preceding section (689a.) shall have the same authority and jur- 
isdiction as in case of resident pupils. 

Sec. 719. If the parent, guardian or master, having no good 
reason for failure so to do, and after receipt of such notice, does 
not cause the child to attend school regularly for the remainder 
of the term for which the arrest was made, the officer making 
the arrest shall make complaint to a justice or judge of a 
municipal court, and such justice or court shall issue a warrant 
for the arrest of such parent, guardian or master, and such child; 
and upon proof that the child was liable to arrest, as provided in 
the preceding section, and that the parent, guardian or master 
has received and not complied with the notice and requirement 
therein specified, the justice or court shall fine such parent, 
guardian or master not more than twenty- five dollars, and not 
less than five dollars, to the use of the town. 

Complaint. Sec. 720. The complaint shall be sufficient if it states that 

1892, No. 22, § 12; ^ 

1888, No. 9, § 161; E. said parent, master or guardian neglects to send his child, 

L.§ 672; 1870, No. 13, r > & & 5 

§§ 3, 4. 69 vt. 85. apprentice or ward (naming him) to school as required by law. 



Prosecution 
guardian or 
1892, No. 
18s8, No, 
E. L. § 6 
13, § 2. 



of parent, 

master. 
22, §11; 

9, § 160; 
•1; 1870, No. 



Neglect or refusal to comply 

with law ; penalty ; 

jurisdiction. 

1896, No. 19, § 9; 

1892, No. 22. §13; 

1888, No. 9. § 162; 

1886, No. 25. 



Compensation of trnant 

officers. 

1892, No. 22, § 15. 



Sec. 721. A truant or other officer authorized to make 
arrests in the town, or an overseer of the poor, who refuses or 
neglects to carry out the provisions of this chapter shall be fined 
not more than one hundred dollars. A justice or municipal court 
shall have concurrent jurisdiction with the county court in such 
prosecutions. 

Sec. 722. All persons acting as truant officers shall receive 
compensation from the district for which the service is rendered, 
at the rate of two dollars per day for time actually spent, unless 
otherwise provided. 



Chap. 39.] 



REGISTERS AND RETURNS. 



31 



Chapter 39. 



REGISTERS AND RETURNS. 



SECTION 

723. state superintendent to pre- 

scribe forms. 

724. To transmit to town clerks. 

725. Duties of teachers concerning 

registers. 

726. Return of registers; compensa- 

tion of teachers. 

727. Duties of clerk and chairman of 

board of directors. 



Sectiok. 

72S. Selectmen to call special town 
meetings. 
Duties of officers and teachers in 

incorporated districts. 
Town clerks to make returns. 
Returns for academies and gram- 
mar schools. 
Compensation of town clerks. 



729. 



732, 



Sec. 723. The superintendent of education shall prescribe state snperint«ndent to 

^ prescribe forms. 

blank forms for a school register for keeping a record of the daily is^^, xo. 21, § s; is88, 
attendance of pupils, and containing printed interrogatories for§6i6; is7s Np. ii7,§6; 

^ ^ o Jr o 1874, >0. 33, § 4; 18(2, 

procurinar the statistical information required to be sriven bY^"o-i*;§-;^-S- v>_ 

^ ° 1 & J § 109; 1858, No. 1, § 7. 

teachers, town and school oflBcers, and for procuring such further 
information as he thinks desirable. 

.-Sec. 724. He shall, annually, in the month of February, J,?9|*?,?S'iyi»*fj;'/^g''- 
transmit to town clerks a sufficient number of such registers to f eiV^iluf ko.' 3^,' § 4; 
supply the schools in their respective towns who shall receipt "^'^''"' "'^'°' ^*' ^"' 
therefor. 

G. S. 22, § 109; 1858, No. 1, § 7. 

Sec. 725. A teacher before commencing school shall procure P°t'«« of t«aciiers concern- 

'^ ^ mg rasters. 

a register from the clerk of the board of directors, keep therein, IP'^^'?-,^^' K\h ^l^' 

° J jr 7 jfo. 9, § 191; 1^^6, Ho. 

in the prescribed form, a record of the daily attendance of each^^Hi^-.ft-i^T'^',,,.- 

■' 1878, No. Ill, § 1; Ibo."), 

pupil, enter therein correct answers to the interrogatories address- |%^°c' if^'i^-"" ^^j; *J" 
ed to teachers, and return such register to said clerk, at the end § s. ' 
of each term, the final return to be on or before the first day of 
April. 

50 Vt. 30. 63 Vt. 647. 

Sec. 726. The clerk shall examine the register and if it is Retam of registers,- compen- 

° sation ot teaihers. 

filled out and properly certified to by the teacher, he shall give a^?^2,No 2Ly-2; wss, 
certificate to that effect: and the teacher shall not be entitled toi6-^ii'^^'^''^^°-i^;^^^5' 

Iso. 3u; 

compensation except on presentation of the certificate. 

G. S. 22, § 110; 1858, No. 1, § 8. 50 Vt. 30. 

Sec. 727. The clerk, upon the final return to him of the re-i*"*'*^?^ clerk and ciiair- 

' ^ ^ -^^ man of board of directors. 

gister, shall enter therein correct answers to the mterrogatories ifo'V^'fils- p/ l ^*^' 
to be answered by him, and the chairman of the board of directors |4v no'Is^g ^s''4 ^' 
shall enter therein the name of the teacher of the school durino'§iio;i85s, no. i, §8! 
the year for which such register was kept, and the date and char- 
acter of such teacher's certificate, and certify to the correctness 
of such entry, and the clerk shall file each register so completed 
in the office of the town clerk on or before the second Tuesday of 
April. 

Sec. 728. The selectmen shall call all special town meetings selectmen to eaii special 
for the consideration of school matters, in the same manner as is i*^9^. ^o- «o § i; is94, 

No 14 § 2 

provided for the calling of other special town meetings. 



32 



SCHOOL TAXES AND SCHOOL MONEYS. [Title U. 



Duties oi officers and teachers 
in incorporated districts. 
1892, No. 21, § 14. 



Town clerks to make returns. 
1892, No. 21, § 15; 1S8S, 
No. 9, §197; R.L.§627; 
1874, No. 33, § 5; G. S. 
22, § 112; 18.53, No. 1, 
§ 2; 1856, No. 5, §4; 



Retnrns for academies and 
grammar schools. 
1892, No. 21, § 16; 1888, 
No. 9, § 198; B. L. 
§ 628; 1874, No. 33, § 6; 
G.S. 22, §113; 1858, No. 
1, § 13. 



Compensation of town clerks. 

1892, No. 21, §17; 1888, 
No. 9, § 199. 



Sec. 729. The duties to be performed by chairmen, clerks 
of boards of directors, and teachers as provided in this chapter, 
shall apply to prudential committees, clerks and teachers in 
school districts, incorporated by special act of the general as- 
sembly. 

Sec. 730. The town clerk shall, annually, in the month of 
April, or at such time as the superintendent of education directs, 
make out and return to him, such statistics as he requires upon 
blanks furnished by the superintendent of education, who shall 
receipt therefor. 

1849, No. 14, § 6; 1847, No. 24, § 6; 1845, No. 37, § 5; 1843, No. 16, § 2; 1833, No. 19, § 1; 1827, 

No. 23, § 5. 

Sec. 731. Trustees of incorporated academies and grammar 
schools shall cause their principals to return to the superinten- 
dent of education on or before the first day of April, annually, 
answers to the statistical inquiries addressed to them by said super- 
intendent. 

Sec. 732. For services rendered as required by this chapter, 
the town clerk shall receive from the town treasury three cents 
for each legal pupil in the town, but such compensation shall not 
be more than twenty dollars, and not less than three dollars. 



Chapter 40. 



SCHOOL TAXES AND SCHOOL MONEYS. 



Section 

School Taxes. 
Grand list of town district, how 

made up. 
Selectmen to assess tax. 
Duties of town treasurer. 
United States Deposit Money. 
736. Treasurer to receive. 
Apportionment. 
Town's share to be paid to its 

trustees. 
Trustees to give bonds. 
Trustees' duty. 
To loan moneys. 
State treasurer, when to retain 

shares. 
Town treasurer to give credit. 
Appropriation of income. 
Town liable to return money. 
Penalty for neglect. 
Grand jury to pi'esent. 
Duty of state treasurer. 

aUNTINGTON FUND. 

749. Fund, how managed. 

7.50. Apportionment of interest. 

751. Division among schools. 

752. Town treasurers to report. 

753. Auditing account. 



733. 



734. 
735. 



737. 

738. 

739. 
740. 
741. 
742. 

743 
744. 
745. 
746. 

747. 
748. 



Section 

Town School Fund. 

754. Selectmen to manage and account 

for. 

755. Duties of selectmen. 

756. I'ax-payer may take acknow- 

ledgment of deed. 

757. Securities to be kept by treas- 

urer. 

State School Tax. 

7-58. Tax for school purposes. 

759. Treasurer to apportion; notice 

to towns; time of payment. 

760. Duty of officers to collect and 

pay tax. 

761. Number of legal schools, notice 

of; penalty for neglect. 
76la. Portion of state school tax 

reserved . 
761b. Division of sum reserved. 

762. Division of remainder. 

763. «' Legal school" defined. 

764. List, on which assessed. 

MisceClaneous. 

765. Action of grand jury. 

766. Duty of town superintendents. 



Chap. 40.] UNITED STATES DEPOSIT MONEY. 33 

SCHOOL TAXES. 

Sec. 733. The grand list of the town district shall be made'^™"'' ''st of town distiict, 

, hnw made up. 

up 01 the ratable polls, and real and personal estate therein. i«y-. J^'o. 2i,§ is; 

ISSS, No. 9, § 200; R. L. § 630. 

Sec. 734. The selectmen shall, annually, appropriate for seiettmeu to assess tax. 
school purposes a sum not exceeding one-half, nor less than one- isss! No;9?'§§m,i37; 
fifth, of the grand list of the town district, and shall assess a taxw, §^8.^57 vt^si!' ^*^* 
to meet such appropriation. Any town district may by special 
vote raise a larger sum for school purposes. 

Sec. 735. The town treasurer shall keep a separate account onties of town treasurer. 

„ , . , f f igQ.2, No. 21, § 15; 

of the moneys, appropriated or given for the use of schools, andi^ss. J^o. 9, §137; r.l. 

, „ , p , , , §602;1870,No. 10, §S. 

shall pay out of such moneys, orders drawn by the board of 
school directors for school purposes. 

UNITED STATES DEPOSIT MONEY. 

Sec. 736. The state treasurer shall receive moneys belonging Treasurer to receive, 
to the United States to be deposited with this state and give a §639: g. s'. 22" §9i;' 
certificate of deposit for the same according to law. 15, §1. > ** . o- 

Sec. 737. Such moneys shall be apportioned to the several Apportionment, 
towns, unorganized towns and gores, in proportion to the number r.*l.§640; l^s.'az, 
of inhabitants in each. When a census is taken under the laws§§ 43,' 44.' 45;' isse, No! 
of congress or of this state, a new apportionment shall be made. ^^ '"'■ 
If upon such new apportionment it appears that a town has more 
than its share, the state treasurer shall demand and recover from 
such town such excess ; and if a town has less than its share, he 
shall make up the deficiency. 

Sec. 738. The state treasurer shall pay over to the trustees Town's share to be paid to 
of public money in each town which has elected trustees, itsi888,No.*9, §212;r. l. 
share of the deposit money, provided the trustees have executeds. i8,'§49;i836, No', is,' 
the bond required by law. 

Sec. 739. The trustees, before entering upon the duties of Tmst«es to give bonds, 
their office, shall execute a bond to the town, with at least three§643; g.'s. 22r§§'97.*9S; 
sufficient sureties in such sum as the selectmen direct, condi-is, §'4S;i836iNo.i5, §2.' 
tioned for the faithful performance of their duties in loaning, 
managing, accounting for and paying over, as may be required 
by law, the moneys placed in their charge under the provisions 
of this chapter. If a trustee fails to execute such bond his 
office shall be vacant and such vacancy may be filled as in other 
town offices. 

Sec. 740. The trustees shall receive the town's share of the Trustees' duty, 
deposit money, and give the state treasurer a receipt therefor, r. l.§ 642: g' s! 22, 

■ -T 0. iv", . VI,- X ,1 . i xif .L §§ 95, 99; 1842, No. 13, 

similar to that given by him to the secretary of the treasury§ i;_r. s. 18, §49; 
of the United States ; and said trustees shall manage such money 1836^ No! 15', § 3! 
and report the conditions of the same at each annual town 
meeting. 



34 UNITED STATES DEPOSIT MONEY [Title II. 

ift"No"%** § 2- 1888 ^^^- '^'^1- "^^^ trustees of public money may loan the same 
?°"«?'of>^Jf'im"^Al^lt'to the town, if the town authorizes the selectmen to borrow it. 
i8^b^n^52^54^^iy6' ^' ^^ ^^^ money is not loaned to the town, the trustees shall loan 
59°v\^'624' *^® same with sufficient personal security, or on mortgage, as 

they deem safe, made payable to the respective towns at an in- 
terest of six per cent, annually. Such loans shall be made for 
a term not exceeding one year; and the moneys may be col- 
lected at the expiration of the term and loaned to other per- 
sons, or the loan may be extended to the same persons for an 
additional period. The trustees shall annually, previous to the 
first day of March, pay to the town treasurer the income received 
from such moneys. 
Sn*sSr' ''^*" *" ^^^- '^42. The state treasurer shall retain the share appor- 
nT'9^§°2i?' R^i^^^^' tioned to towns which have not elected trustees, and the shares 
G^l.'2\f§§ 92°96^'i845' ^^ unorgauized towns and gores, and shall, annually, previous to 
s *i8^§'4W83^%o' 5" ^^^ ^^^^ ^^y ^^ March, pay to the treasurer of each organized 
§^- town not electing trustees, and to the treasurers of school dis- 

tricts in unorganized towns and gores w^hich have maintained 
schools for the required length of time during the previous year, 
the interest at three per cent, upon the shares apportioned to 
such towns and gores. And he shall divide the interest money 
of each unorganized town or gore among the school districts 
therein in the manner provided for the distribution of town 
school moneys among the several districts in towns. 
Town treasurer to give Sec. 743. The town treasurer shall give credit in his ac- 

i888,"no. 9, §2i7;R.L. count of the school fund for all sums received by him as income 

§ 646; G. S. 22, § 105; "^ 

R. s. 18, § 54. from deposit money. 

Appropriation of income. Sec' 744. The iucomc from deposit money shall be annually 
§647; G?s^'2l,^§§iM,''^' appropriated to the support of schools, unless the town has other 
1836, No.'i5,'§§ 5, a! ' school funds, the income of which is sufficient to support all its 
schools for six months in each year, in which case it may appro- 
priate the income from deposit money for any purpose. 
Town liable to return money. Sec. 745. If a town has received its portion of deposit money 
u^^i'\8'im\^H^% ^^ shall be accountable for the same, when required by the state 
15. § 2- ' ' ' treasurer on requisition of the United States, or for the purpose 
of a new apportionment, as towns are accountable for state taxes. 

iS?''No.T'r^20; R. Sec. 746. If a town fails to comply with the provisions of 
r! 1.^8,' §^56';'il3'6^ No. t^is Chapter, relative to the management or disposition of the 
^^' ^ "^^ United States moneys, received by such town, it shall forfeit to 

the county treasurer, for the use of such county, a sum not ex- 
ceeding double the amount of the interest on such moneys. 
?I22*l?^«"S''oo?*"r. Sec. 747. The grand iury shall inquire how the towns have 

r'I^i8'«^5'-^'/^6^n^'°^^°^^^^ ^^^ disposed of the moneys so deposited with them, 
15. § 7. and the annual interest thereof ; and if a town has not complied 

with the provisions of this chapter, relative to such deposit 
money, they shall present to the court their indictment therefor 



Chap. 40] HUNTINGTON FUND. 85 

against the town ; and the clerk shall give twenty days' notice 
thereof to such town, which shall be served as a writ of summons. 

Sec. 748. The state treasurer, in the collection of the United D^tyof^^sta^.tmsorer.^ 
States deposit money loaned by former treasurers, shall adjust ^.^S^^J^^'^^'^o-^^' 
and settle the same as is for the interest of the state. 

HUNTINGTON FUND. 

Sec. 749. The state treasurer may, from time to time, in his^^'^"^ ^o!Ti 
discretion, convert into cash the securities of the Huntington 
fund, and the proceeds of the securities may be used for the 
general purposes of the state. 

Sec. 750. Said treasurer shall annually apportion the inter- {PP^rtioment^ o^f ^interest 
est at six per cent, on the amount, converted to the use of the 
state, and the income arising from any portion of the fund not 
so converted, to the several towns and unorganized towns and 
gores in the state, in proportion to the number of inhabitants in 
each, based upon the last census taken under the laws of con- 
gress, and the same shall be distributed to towns, unorganized 
towns and gores, in the same manner that the interest of the 
United States deposit money is now distributed to towns which 
do not elect trustees of public money. 

Sec. 751. The money thus received by the towns shall be Division among schools. 

-' -' 1896, No. 19, §aO; 1884, 

divided as other public moneys are divided by law ; but no school J^'o. 230, § 3. 
district which has not maintained twenty-eight weeks of school 
during the preceding year, shall be entitled to receive a share of 
said fund. 

Sec. 752. Town treasurers shall report at each annual meet- Town treasurers to report. 

^ 1884, No. 230, § 4. 

ing the amount of moneys received for school purposes, the 
source from which received, and how the same has been divided 
and paid. 

Sec. 753. The state auditor and inspector of finance shall Anditin" aeconnt. 

■^ 1S84, No. 230, § 5. 

annually audit the accounts of the state treasurer in connection > 
with the Huntington fund, and examine the securities on hand, 
and certify to the correctness of his transactions and the condi- 
tion of the fund, which certificate shall be included in the report 
of the state treasurer. 

TOWN SCHOOL FUND. 

Sec 754. The selectmen of a town shall have charge of the s«ie«tmen to manage and 
real and personal estate appropriated to the use of schools there- is8s, no.'9, § 223; r. l 
in, unless otherwise provided by law, or unless the person giving g. s.'22,'§'7^8°r. s. 1? 
any part thereof directs the same to be managed in some other ss'vt. 193! ^ °' '"' 
way, and annually render an account to the town ; and the select- 
men shall lease such lands and loan such moneys on annual or 
semi-annual interest, upon suflBcient real or personal estate secur- 
ity, in the state. 



36 STATE SCHOOL TAX. [Trri^ IK 

l^^^v^l!^^ R.L ^^'^* 755. The seouriiies for the pi\yment of the moneys so. 
I «s; 15:^ vo- ii,\ ?i: loaned and tlie interest thereon, shall be taken in the name of the 
5 *J- town, and the selectmen may, in the name of the town, prosecute 

and defend actions for the recovenr or protection of the estate so 
intrusted to their care ; if the title or possession of real estate^ 
mortgaged or deeded as security is recovered in such action, the^ 
selectmen may. in the name of the town, lease or sell and convey 
such real estate, and invest the moneys received therefrom as. 
provided in the preceding section. 

TMM|i»f »iteat- Sec, 766. A person authoased, may take the acknowledge 

isss, So. ^ § 235; S.I. meut of a deed provided for in the two precedins: sections, or may 

sign such deed as witness, although he is an inhabitant and tax-, 

payer of the town. 
sm^nt*tet<ft«r §^^,^ 757- The securities belonging to the town school fund, 

l^^G.'^I^T^^ ^^ ^ deposited in the office of the town treasurer, and moneys 
R. s. Is, § 3s received («i account of tite same shaU be paid into such treasury ; 

and a separate account thereof shall be kept on the books of the- 

treasurer. 

STATE SCHOOL TAX. 

tefir sriM inwM& Sec, 758. A tAx of ei^ht cents on the dollar shall be annually 
»»•«*. SI. assessed upon the grand list for die support of public schools. 



Sec. 759. The > late treasurer shall apportion to the several 
towns, cities and miorgamxed towns and gores such tax. accord- 
^S; So, 6, § 2. ing to their respective grand lists, and, on or before the last day 
of December, annually, make out and transmit to eacU town and 
city treasurer and to the coilectnr of taxes for unorganized towns. 
and gores, a notice of the amoont so apportioned and that the- 
same must be paid into tiie state treasury on or before the tenth 
day of the June next following: and the state treasurer shall also 
issue and transmit, at the same time, to tlie cofleetor of taxes f oi^ 
unorganiBed towns and gores his warrant for the collection of 
the same. 

»Btr rfflffiwTs TO Mflftct and s^c. 760. The Commissioners of tax^ in unoetganiEed towns. 

fax Us. '^ 

^^o^-> § -- 1^'- and gores shall, upon receipt of such notice and warrant, ass^s a. 
tax far the amount specified and cause the same to be coUeeted in 
the manner prescribed by law, and paid into the state treasury 
according to sach notice and warrant. A town or city treasurer- 
shall, upon receipt of such notice, transmit the same to the select- 
men or mayor who shall draw an order on the treasurer of the 
town or city for the amount of such tax, and the treasurer shall 
pay the same to the state treasurer out of any moneys belonging 
to the town or city ; if the funds in the hands of such town or 
city treasurer are not sufficient to pay the tax, the selectmen < a*- 
mayor ^aU borrow the necessary amount upon orders. 



•Chap. 40.] STATE SCHOOL TAX. 37 

Sec. 761. Every town and city clerk shall, on or before the li^^l^,'^J^'^l^^^^^ 
first day of June of each year, furnish to the superintendent of ^^'>^' ^°- 1^- 5 1- 
education, on a blank to be supplied by him for that purpose, a 
certified statement of the number of legal schools maintamed 
during the precediYig year in his town or city ; and the superin- 
tendent of education shall forthwith transmit such statements to 
the state treasurer. In case of failure on the part of its clerk to 
■comply with the provisions of this section, a town or city shall 
not be entitled to a share of the tax herein assessed. 

Sec. 761a. The sum of fifteen thousand dollars shall first bej;*^^^ «f "*»»« "hooi tax 
reserved from the amount of the state school tax paid by the i^o^. no. so, § i. 
several cities and towns into the treasury of the state. The re- 
mainder shall be distributed, as provided in section 762 of the 
Vermont Statutes, among the cities and towns in proportion to 
the number of legal schools maintained. 

Sec. 761b. The sum reserved according to section 1, (section »|^^''''^,^»f l™"^"'^- 
761a), shall be divided among the towns which raise the higher 
per cent, of tax for school purposes, in order to equalize taxation 
and afford equal school privileges as nearly as possible, at the 
discretion of the state treasurer, the state superintendent of 
schools and the examiner of teachers for Washington county, 
who are hereby constituted a board of distribution for the pur- 
pose. But no town shall receive any portion of this money 
unless said town shall raise at least fifty cents on the dollar on 
the grand list of said town for school purposes. 

Sec. 762. The state treasurer shall, on or before the tenth »p;«^^»f/o«Yi°;%i. 
day of July, annually, divide the money in the state treasury re- f^; "-■ ^ ^' ^'^^°' ^*^- ^• 
ceived on such tax, among the towns, cities and unorganized 
towns and gores, in proportion to the number of legal schools 
sustained the preceding school year, which sum shall, in unor- 
ganized towns and gores be divided equally among the several 
school districts which have sustained a legal school the preceding 
year, and in towns having a district incorporated by a special act 
of the general assembly, such fund shall be divided as is herein- 
after in this title provided by law for the division of school money. 
Such money shall be divided by the selectmen of each town on or 
before the fifteenth day of September annually. 

Sec. 763. A legal school for the purposes of the preceding 'is^^^o.'il'.nf^m, 
section shall be one which has been maintained for at least ^°" ^^' ^ '■ 
twenty-eight weeks during the school year, taught by a duly 
qualified teacher, and whose register has been kept and returned 
as required by law. 

Sec. 764. The hst prepared annually by the secretary of J-^yV No*"? rr*^' 
state from the abstracts of the grand list of the several towns, 
cities, unorganized towns or gores, which are now by law required 
to be returned to his office shall constitute a basis for the ap- 
portionment of said tax. 



38 



TEXT-BOOKS. 



[Title II. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 

i888"No^'9"§''23i'- ]884 ^^^' 765. Gland juiles shall annually inquire Whether towns 
g°s^2'2%^'s9^'r'J^^'^'^^ *^®^^ counties have appropriated and expended the required 
§V- i8^i%"'9^^§!^' ®^^ ^^^ *^^ support of schools as provided in this chapter, and in 

ease of neglect they shall present their indictment thereof to the 

court. 



Dnty of town snperiiiten- 
dents. 

1890, No. 5, § 2; 1888, 
No. 9, § 232. 



Sec. 766. The town superintendent of schools shall ascertain 
whether the requirements of this chapter relating to the appro- 
priation and expenditures of moneys from the town treasury for 
the support of schools are complied with, and in case of a non- 
compliance he shall bring the matter to the attention of the state's 
attorney or grand jury. 



Chapter 41. 



TEXT-BOOKS. 



Section. 

769. Books and supplies to be fur- 

nished at expense of town. 

770. Directors to make rules, etc. 

771. If destroyed, etc., parent to 

make good. 



Section. 
773. Selection and contract for 

books. 
778. Officers receiving gratuity for 

recommending books, etc., 

how punished. 



Direetors to make rules, etc, 
1894, No. 13, § 2. 



i898!no?^', §3. Secs. 767 and 768. Repealed. 

fnStf aux'pense^rftown. ^^^- '^69. The school dircctors, or school board of each town, 
No^'il'Tii!' ^ ^' ^^^^' ^^*y ^^ graded school district shall provide and furnish at the 
expense of such town, city or graded school district all appliances, 
supplies and text-books used in the studies enumerated in section 
683 and may provide and furnish text-books on subjects enume- 
rated in section 700, to be paid for by order of the directors on 
their respective treasurers. 

Sec. 770. School directors or school boards shall make such 
rules and regulations as they deem proper for the care and cus- 
tody of the books and appliances purchased, and shall loan text- 
books free of charge to resident pupils, and may sell the same 
at cost to the parents or guardians of pupils. 

Sec. 771. When a pupil loses, destroys or unnecessarily in- 
jures any such book or appliance, loaned to him, he, or his parent 
or guardian, shall make good the loss or damage to the satisfac- 
tion of the school directors within a reasonable time after written 
notice from them ; otherwise, the school directors or school board 
shall report the case to the selectmen of the town, or the proper 
authorities of the city or graded school district, who shall in- 
clude in the next town, city or district tax of the delinquent 
parent or guardian the value of such book or appliance, and such 



If destroyed, etc. 
to make good. 
1894. No. 13, § 3 



parent 



Chap. 41.] TEXT-BOOKS. 39 

tax shall be collected like other town, city or district taxes. 
For neglect to comply with the provisions of this section the 
school directors or school board shall be liable for such loss or 
damage in an action of general assumpsit in the name of such 
town, city or graded school district. 

Sec. 772. Repealed. SectionrepeaM. 

^ 1898, No. 27, { 8. 

Sec. 773. The school directors, or school board, of each town selection and contract 

for books. 

city, or graded school district and the supermtendent shall select i898. no. 27, § 2; im, 

•^ ' ° ^ No. 13, § 5; 1888, No. 9, 

the text-books to be used in their respective schools. chap, lo; i8S2, no. 19; 

^ R. L,. § 609; 1878, No. 

1866, No. 2; G. 8. 22, § 7; 1862, No. 8; 1858, No. 1, § 11; 1849, No. U, § 5; 1845, 122, §§1-4; 1874, No.33, 
No. 37, § 5; 1833, No. 19, § 1; 1827, No. 23, § 4. 5 1; 1872, No. 14; 

Secs. 774, 775, 776 and 777, Repealed. sections repaied. 

' ' ^ 1898, No. 27, § 3. 

Sec. 778. If the superintendent of education or examiner of officers receiving gratuity 

■^ for recommending books. 

teachers or a town superintendent of schools, or any teacher in a etc. jiow punished, 
public school, or other person officially connected with the direc- 1884! No. 36, § i. ' 
tion of such school, shall directly or indirectly receive any 
gratuity or compensation for recommending or procuring the 
adoption of a school book, or the purchase of any school appara- 
tus, furniture or other school supplies, in any public school of 
this state, such person shall be fined not more than one hundred 
dollars, and not less than twenty-five dollars. 



40 



SCHOOL DISTRICTS— ORGANIZATION. [Title II. 

PART II. 

SPECIAL PROVISIONS. 



Chapter 42. — School districts in unorganized towns and gores 

and incorporated by special acts. 
Chapter 43. — Schoolhouses. 

Chapter 44. — Maintenance of schools by school districts. 
Chapter 45. — School taxes and school money. 



Chapter 42. 



SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN UNORGANIZED TOWNS AND GORES 
AND INCORPORATED BY SPECIAL ACTS. 



Organization. 
Section 

779. In gores and unorganized towns. 

780. First meeting, bow called. 

781. Selectmen to record proceed- 

ings. 

782. District a corporation. 

Officers. 

783. Election o£; term of service. 

784. Prudential committee. 

785. Term, in certain cases. 

786. When number reduced. 

787. Town collector miay be district 

collector. 

788. ModeTator. 

789. Clerk. 

790. Notice of election, to town clerk. 

791. Duties of otber officers; bonds; 

vacancy. 

792. Prudential committee to bave 

care of seboolbouse, etc. 

793. To employ teachers, etc. 



Section 

794. Use of schoolbouse for certain 

purposes. 

795. Committee to act as clerk. 

796. To draw orders; probibition. 

797. Liable for unlawful payment. 

798. Vacancies, bow filled. 

799. Surrender of books, etc., to suc- 

cessor; penalty. 
Meetings. 

800. Annual and special. 

801. Warning to be recorded. 

802. Meetings, bow called. 

803. Votes; cballenges. 

804. Construction of certain words. 

805. Neglect to warn meetings; pen- 

alty. 

806. Provisions of special acts unaf- 

fected. 
Change of Boundaries of Incorpo- 
rated Districts. 

807. Provisions regulating. 



In gores and nnorganized 
towns. 

1892, No. 20, §1; 1888, 
No. 9, § 70; R. L. § .504; 
G. S.22,§ 23, 1845, No. 
35. 



First meeting, how called. 
1888, No. 9, § 69; R. L. 
§503; G. S. 22, §§ 22, 24: 
R. S. 18, §§ 4, 5; 1827, 
No. 28, § § 7, 8; 1813, 
p. 1.54, 1; R. 1797. 
p. 494, §2; R. 1787, 
p. 136. 
11 Vt. 607. 



ORGANIZATION. 

Sec. 779. The selectmen of a town, on application of three 
voters in an adjoining unorganized town or gore, may divide such 
town or gore into as many school districts as may be needed, and 
number such districts and organize them in the manner provided 
in the following section. 

Sec 780. Such selectmen shall call a meeting in such district 
by posting up a notice thereof, specifying the time, place and 
business of the meeting, in two of the most public places in such 
district, at least seven days before the time therein specified. One 
of the selectmen shall preside in the meeting until a moderator 
and clerk are chosen, when the district shall be held to be or- 
ganized. 



<Jhap. 42] OFFICERS. 41 

Sec. 781. The selectmen acting under the preceding section g^"*"'" *» •"«««'■•' p''»«««^- 
shall cause their doings to be recorded in the office of the clerk i^^"^. No. 9, § to. 
of the county in which such town or gore is situated, and shall 
receive reasonable compensation from the petitioners. 

Sec. 782. A school district, legally organized, shall be a body ?|*s?^* .•'"g^f 21'*"r. j,. 
politic and corporate, with the powers of a corporation for niain-|50^ •g;S^2|^§§|9. 
taining schools in such district, and by its corporate name may gf y't^ne^^' ^ ^^' 
sue and be sued, and may take, hold and convey real and per- 
sonal estate. 

OFFICERS. 

Sec. 783. A school district shall, at its organization, and atEkrtion of; teinof sm-ice. 
each annual meeting thereafter, elect from among the legal voters|f)08; 1872', no/^i|^; g". 
of such district a moderator, clerk, collector, treasurer, one orNo.ii; i854,no 4-2[ 

K. o. 10, § y; lbi>(), No. 

three auditors and a prudential committee of one person, unless 23; isa?, No 23, §7; 

^ ^ 1809, p. 96, § 1; R.1797, 

the district shall vote to have a prudential committee of three, p. fw, § 2; r. 17S7, 

■^ p. 136. UVt.618. 20 

as provided in the succeeding section. Their term of office vt. 487. f^Yt.m. 20 
shall commence at the time of their election and continue until 
their successors are chosen, but if the prudential committee is 
absent more than three months from the district, his office shall 
be deemed vacant. 

Sec. 784. A school district may elect a prudential committee l'g"^'^'.''9""§"'Ji*fR. l. 
•of three persons, one of whom shall be chosen for one year, one |86'aNo.li5,^§'§'2t\^OT 
for two years, and one for three years ; and until otherwise voted, ^J; l^^- ^^ ^^^- ^*'^- ^* 
such district shall, upon the expiration of the term of a member 
of such committee, elect a successor for three years, and may fill 
a vacancy. 

Sec. 785. If such a committee is elected at the organization Term, in certain wses. 

" 1888, No. 9, § 75. 

of the district, and such organization is not at the time fixed for 
an annual meeting, the time between the organization and the 
next annual meeting shall be accounted the first year of said 
terms. 

Sec. 786. When a district has voted to discontinue such wiien number reduced. 

188b, ISO. 9, 5 ID. 

■committee of three, it shall not elect successors to the members 
as their terms expire, and the remaining members or member of 
such committee shall be the committee of the district until the 
end of the term which is last to expire. 

Sec. 787. A school district may elect the collector of town Town collector may be 
taxes, although not an inhabitant of the district, to be collector 1888, no. 9, § 77; r. l. 
of such district, if he will accept the office in writing ; and such i861,'no; iV 
acceptance shall be recorded by the district clerk. 

Sec. 788. The moderator shall preside at school district Moderator, 
meetings. In his absence a moderator pro tempore shall be§5i3; i872,'No'i-2; ' 

,.■■,.,.■ l^- S. 22; § 34; 1852, 

■chosen to preside at such meeting. no. ss, § i; 

R. S. 18, § 9; 1827, No. 23, § 7. 



42 OFFICERS. [Title II. 

mk No. 9, § 79; K, L. ^^^' 789. The clerk shall keep a record of the votes and 
i874!'no!^39^*g^^!|. 22, P^^^^^^^^&s 0^ school district meetings, and give certified. ^ copies 
R.^8. i|f§'io';°i827, No! ^hercof when required ; for a willful neglect of such duty he shall 
^' ^''- forfeit twenty dollars to the district, to. be recovered in an action 

on this statute, 
jofoe of election, to town gj-c. 790. The clerk shall, within ten days after his election 
1888^ No. 9, § 80; R. L. Qp appointment, give notice thereof to the town clerk ; and if he 

fail to do so he shall receive no compensation for making returns 

to the town clerk's office. 

bo"nS valnef *■' *'"'''" ^^^- ^91. The duties of school district collectors, treasurers 
No%?R'!'L.^§i 5iif'^"^<i auditors, shall be like those of town collectors, town treas- 
1870. No. il?i8S' Nol ui'srs and town auditors. A district collector or treasurer shall, 
§ lafisM, Nof 42%^^.' 58 before entering upon his duties, if required by vote of the district 
esVtI'sk ^^ ^^' ^^^' ^^ ^y ^^® prudential committee, give a bond to the district con- 
ditioned for the faithful performance of his duties, in such sum 
as may be required ; and if a collector or treasurer neglects for 
ten days to give a bond as required, such office shall be vacant. 

SSlriTon^et^'' ^^c- '792. The prudential committee shall have the care of 
f5i5;^i872. No!' K; g!^^® ^^^oolhouse and grounds, and shall keep the same in good 
ii;^i837, No.^isfi 7^ ^ ^^^^1"' ^^^ ^^ there is no schoolhouse, shall provide a suitable 

place for the school ; and shall provide fuel, furniture and all 

things necessary for the school. 

R. 1797, p. 494, § 2; R. 1787, p. 136. 20 Vt. 487. 24 Vt. 528. 30 Vt. 155. 33 Vt. 77. 37 Vt. 497. 

37Vt. 521. 38Vt. 529. 

1888* No *9't*83-*R L ^^^" '^^^^ "^^^ prudential committee shall employ and may, 
vt'es ^^ ^*" ^'^°' '^"^^6^ necessary, remove a teacher and shall adopt requisite 
measures for the inspection, examination, regulation and improve- 
ment of the school. 
Use of schoolhouse for eer- Sec. 794- The prudential committee of a district which has 

tain purposes. ^ 

K^II^^*i-7^,!r^*L^-^-'io* by vote restricted the action of its committee in the mat- 

§ 676; 1872, No. 10. ^ 

ter, may permit the free use of the schoolhouse for religious 
meetings, lectures, music schools, kindergarten schools, and like 
purposes, when such use will not interfere with the schools or 
meetings of the district. 

]888"'Nol*t*85*-''R''"L ^-^^' '^^^^ ^^ ^^^ abscucc or disability of the clerk his duties- 
§^5i6jG.s. 22, §36; 1846, shall bc performed by the prudential committee who shall be 
under the same penalties for a failure therein. 

iss'f No'''r§ 8b-'K" ^^^- '79^- "^^^ prudential committee shall draw orders upon 
llt^^',ci^\T^- ol'-?', the treasurer for all sums due from thei district, but shall not 

8 4;?; looD, iNo. .i3, s 1. ' 

55 Vt. 61. 56 Vt. 556. authorize the payment of the moneys of the district to a teacher 
employed therein not licensed as required by law, or to a teacher 
whose certificate has been revoked. 

iSNo"t?s7;T'L: ^^^- '79'7- ^^ ^ prudential committee authorizes a payment 
1859^'no" 39 ^^55 Vt' 61 P^'ol^ibited by the preceding section, he shall be liable to the dis- 
trict for the moneys so paid, to be recovered in an action on this 
statute. 



Chap. 42.] MEETINGS. 43 

Sec. 798. When a vacancy occurs in the office of clerk, col- J^" N'd.'rffi" r. l. 
lector or treasurer of a school district, or in the office of prudential If^f; j^i^i^g; no. si'. 
committee in a district where the committee consists of one per- g^ytim' ^ ^^' ^°^* 
son, the district shall fill the vacancy at a special meeting. 

Sec. 799. When a school district office becomes vacant ^ytoluS^^^m^it" 
expiration of the term of office of the incumbent, or otherwise, ^^^^' ^°- '^^' § ^• 
and a successor is elected or appointed to assume the duties, such 
successor shall, on demand, be entitled to receive the books and 
papers of such office from the last incumbent or anyone having 
the same in his possession. A person having such books or 
papers in his possession who refuses for ten days after demand to 
surrender the same to such successor, shall be fined ten dollars. 

MEETINGS. 

Sec. 800. Annual school meetings shall be held on the last J^^^*'No^5^P|"f^: iggg, 
Tuesday in March ; and special meetings shall be warned when- g°s!*2l,*^§i' fi, h-^ ^^^ 
ever applied for in writing by three voters of the district. 

1861, No. 11; 1858, No. 2; 1850, No. 40; R. S. 18, § 12; 1827, No. 23, § 7; R. 1797, p. 495, § 3; 1795, 
p. 10, §2. 20Vt. 487. 23Vt. 416. 

Sec. 801. All warnmgs provided for in this title shaU be re- fsCTo^^mT i!**- 
corded by the clerk before being posted. 

64 Vt. 544. 

Sec. 802. School meetings shall be warned by the clerk, or,M«^«n||;^h«w|aUQe?-jj ^^ 
in case of his absence or neglect, by one of the prudential com-Sgl^^l'j^-Sg.^'^Sg^^j'g^ 
mittee, by posting, in two of the most public places in the dis- It^^iVgyf p'. 494;f "2? «', 
trict, at least seven days before the time of the meeting, notices ^'S^' p- '^^^^ 
stating the time and place of meeting, and the business to be 
transacted. 

14Vt. 300. 17Vt. 337. 23 Vt. 416. 48 Vt. 599. 67 Vt. 150. 72 Vt. 63. 

16 Vt. 439. 22 Vt. 309. 43 Vt. 207. 64 Vt. 527. 67 Vt. 566. 

Sec. 803. Persons residing in a school district and qualified ]'^^f|^^''*"*''||-9j 92. 
to vote in town meeting, shall be voters in school district nieet-^Q^fol^. ^87'o,^no.i7T' 
ings, and women shall have the same right as men to vote on alllf^.-^^s^'^j^^^^jy^.-il^^^ 
matters pertaining to schools, and school officers, and the same |^^°y|^'^^; 
right to hold offices relating to school affairs, unless otherwise 2^ y^gl; 
provided, and if a person offering to vote is challenged, the mod- 
erator at such meeting, the clerk, and the members of the pruden- 
tial committee present, shall decide as to his right to vote. 

Sec. 804. The word "meeting" as applied to school district Const^'tion of certain 
meetings whenever used in this title, shall mean a school meet- i'^||jNo-9. §93; b. l. 
ing warned as provided in the second preceding section, and 
authority given a district to take action " by vote," or " by a two- 
thirds vote," shall mean by vote or 'by a two-thirds vote, in such 
a meeting. 

Sec. 805. If a person whose duty it is to warn a school dis- Jegiect to warn meetings ; 
trict meeting neglects to do so for ten days after application I'l^foj^G." s. 22^*§' sf;" r.' 



44 



SCHOOL HOUSES. 



[Title II. 



s.^18, §26; 1809, p. 96, made as provided by law, he shall forfeit to said district twenty 
dollars for each ten days' neglect, to be recovered in an action on 
this statute. 

Sec. 806. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to limit 
or change the provisions of special acts incorporating a district 
as regards the. time of holding meetings and the election or duties 
of officers. 



•§ 

46 Vt, 



Provisions of special acts 
onatfected. 

1S90, Ko. 5, § IS. 



Provisions rcgnlating. 
1894, No. 35. 



CHANGE OF BOUNDARIES OF INCORPORATED DISTRICTS. 

Sec. 807. Whenever it shall appear advisable to the trustees, 
or the prudential committee, of an incorporated school district, 
that the boundaries of such district should be changed by includ- 
ing territory not already within such district, but within the 
town in which such district is situated, or by excluding territory 
that is within it, they may insert an article to consider the same, 
in which the proposed change of boundaries is fully described, 
in the warning for any regular or special meeting of such incor- 
porated district. If a majority of the voters at the meeting act- 
ing on said article vote to make any change in the boundaries of 
the incorporated district, the trustees, or the prudential com- 
mittee, shall notify the selectmen of the town, in which the in- 
corporated district is situated, of the change so voted to be made ; 
whereupon the said selectmen shall duly warn a meeting of the 
town, exclusive of the incorporated district, setting forth in the 
warning the vote of the incorporated district, and the change of 
boundaries which it desires to have made ; and if a majority of 
the voters at the meeting so warned vote to make the change as 
voted by the incorporated district, such vote together with all of 
the proceedings regarding such change of boundaries, of both the 
town and the incorporated district, shall be recorded in the town 
clerk's office of the town in which such incorporated district is 
situated ; whereupon such change of boundaries shall be estab- 
lished. 



Chapter 43. 



SCHOOLHOUSES. 



Section 

808. Tax to provide schoolhouse. 

809. Committee to purchase. 

810. Location. 

811. Selectmen to determine location. 
TAKING Land for School Pueposes. 

812. When owner refuses to convey. 

813. Removal of buildings, etc. 

814. Record of proceedings. 

815. Question of damages may be re- 

ferred. 



Section. 

816. Petition to county court. 

817. Notice of hearing; report. 

818. When lauds mortgaged. 

819. Title to vest, when. 

820. Sale of schoolhouse. 
Distribution of Pkopkrty of Frac- 
tional Districts. 

821. Selectmen shall apportion; di- 

rectors to draw orders for bal 
ance. . 



Chap. 43.] TAKING LAND FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES. 45- 

Sec. 808. A school district may raise a tax on its list toT^xtoprwideschooiho^sej^ 
purchase or hire lands or buildings for school purposes, and to|^|.^;gi|]?>j^'^o-|| '^ll; 
build, repair or furnish a schoolhouse, or as many schoolhouses 
as may be needed for the schools of the district. 

18-27, No. 23, § 10; R. 1797, p. 495, § 3; 1795, p. 9; K. 1787, p. 137. 61 Vt. 96. 

Sec. 809. A district may elect a special committee to pur- cnmmitte* to pnrchase. 
chase or hire lands or buildings for school purposes, or to super- § 543; g. s. j-i, § 44; r. 

*^ i' t' 5 f s. 18, §14; 1827, No. 23,. 

intend the building or repairing of a school house, or to procure § 10. 
necessary furniture and utensils therefor. 

Sec. 810. A district taking measures to provide a school- 1*^*' jUo_ 9^ § 24s- r. l. 
house as authorized in this chapter, may, at the same raeeting, |^"^|5 ^<^j-^^.j2^ §^44; r.. 
determine the location thereof. §^ ^°' ^*- 

Sec. 811. If the district fails to agree upon such location, the j|^^'|^«" to determine 
selectmen of the cities or towns in which such district is situated, |8|^*^/'^0;|||4|=^- ^• 
or if in an unorganized town or gore, the selectmen of an adjoin- ^^ j^> l^*' ^S"^^' ^^'^ -^' 
ing town may, upon application of the school directors or pru- 
dential committee, determine such location. 

TAKING LAND FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES. 

Sec. 812. When a schoolhouse is located and lands for such vvhm owner refuses to 

rnnvey. 

schoolhouse and yards are needed, or when a district votes to i88s," no. 9, § 259; r. l.. 

'' ' § 534; 1878, No. 112, 

purchase additional land for school purposes, if the owner refuses §§ 2. 3; g. s. 22. §§ lu, 

^ i' f ? JJ-. I860, No. 3, § 1; 

to convey the same to the district for a reasonable price, the ib59 no. 33; I857, No., 

•^ -"^ ' 58, §1. 33Vt.271. 

selectmen of the town in which the district is situated, or if in 
an unorganized town or gore, the selectmen of an adjoining town, 
on application of the school directors or prudential committee, 
shall locate and set out the necessary lands and cause the same 
to be surveyed ; and shall appoint a time and place for hearing 
and give notice thereof to persons interested, either personally or 
by written notice left at the residence of the owner or occupant 
of such land ; and at such hearing shall ascertain the damages 
sustained by such interested persons ; and the damages assessed 
shall be paid or tendered to such persons before taking possession 
of the land. 

Sec. 813. When the selectmen decide to take land, they R^mOTaiofibnMnis.rtc. 
shall in their order for that purpose, fix a time and notify the §''3o'; isTs.No.ii-i, 
owner or occupant thereof, within which he will be required to re- *^ vt. 362. 
move his buildings, fences, timber, wood, or trees, which, in case 
of inclosed or improved land, shall not, without the consent of 
the owner, be less than three months, nor until compensation for 
damages to such land is tendered or paid ; and if they are not re- 
moved within that time, the selectmen shall remove them at the 
expense of the district ; but the district shall not take possession 
of such land until the damages agreed upon, or as determined by 
the selectmen, shall have been paid or tendered to the persons 
entitled thereto. 



46 TAKING LAND FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES. [Title II. 

188*8 **No^9*''f26T-*R L ^^^* ^^'^' "^^^ ordcrs and proceedings of the selectmen, under 
Gfl'a^^^fiM^'iseo'No ^^^ provisions of the two preceeding sections, with the survey of 
3, § 1; 1857, No. 58. § 1. ^he land taken, shall be recorded in the office of the clerk of the 

town in which the land is situated, or if in an unorganized town 

or gore, in the county clerk's office. 
J^iwstm of damages may be Sec. 815. If the owucr of such land docs not accept the 
l'^§'537°'g s^aVuie •^^'^^^g^s awarded by the selectmen, the school directors or pru- 
No"'58 °5'l' ^ ^' ^^^^' dsntial committee of the district may agree with him to refer the 

question of damages to ong or more disinterested persons, whose 

award shall be made in writing, and shall be final. 
Petition to conntyconrt. Sec. 816- If a pcrson interested in such land is dissatisfied 

looo, JNO. y, s ioo; K. Li. ■■- 

LIo^'no' I' f4-V85V ^^^^ such location or with the damages awarded by the select- 
^o- 58. § 4- men, he may apply by petition to the county court at its next 

stated term, it there is sufficient time for notice, and if not, to the 
succeeding term; and any number of persons aggrieved may join 
in the petition. The petition, with a citation, shall be served on 
the clerk of the town or school district, at least twelve days be- 
fore the session of the court, and the court shall appoint three 
disinterested commissioners who shall determine the amount of 
damages sustained by the persons interested therein. 
1888^ No'l'ef I^'b/^'b^l ^^^- ^1'7- "T^® commissioners shall give six days' notice to 
II lis' 1*9- Sef'lo 3 s^^^ clerk of the time and place of hearing; and on the report of 
§§5,6; 1857, No. 58, ^j^g commlssioncrs the court shall render judgment for the peti- 
tioner to recover such damages as are just, and may tax costs for 
either party, and award execution in the premises. 
1888" no.^'"§'265^'r l ^^^- ^^^- ^^ lauds SO rcqulrcd by a school district are en- 
i^^/'no' 10 ^^' ^ ^^°' cumbered by mortgage, the school district shall cause the same 
notice to be given to the mortgagee, or the assignee of the mort- 
gage, required to be given to the owner ; and the damage agreed 
upon, or otherwise determined, as specified in this chapter, shall 
be paid to the mortgagee or assignee ; but if the sum due on the 
mortgage is less than the damage, the amount due on the mort- 
gage shall be paid to the holder, and the balance to the owner. 
il8lVo!*9,?266 R.L. ^^c. 819. Whcu the damages finally awarded for lands so 
isbi^'No'id ^^' ^ ^^°' taken by a school district are paid to the persons entitled thereto, 
a valid title to such lands shall vest in the district for the pur- 
poses aforesaid. 
i892"*2i!"ri9; ^^^- S20. A school district may sell its schoolhouse and the 

1888; No! 9, § 267.' j^nd connccted therewith. 

R. L. § 544; 1880, No. 96, § 1. 
DISTRIBUTION OF PROPERTY OF FRACTIONAL DISTRICTS. 

Selectmen shall apportion ; Sec. 821. The Selectmen of the several towns in which a 
for balance. fractional district is located shall appraise and adjust the school 

1894, No. 14, § 1; r-xr- j 

i892,iNo. 21, § 21. property of such district, and shall make an equitable apportion- 
ment of the same and of the debts of the district, and ascertain 
the balance equitably due on this account from either of said 



CiiAP. 44.] SCHOOLS AND INSTRUCTION. 



47 



towns to any of said towns, and shall make a report to the board 
of school directors of the town against which the balance is 
found, and the board shall draw an order on their treasurer for 
the amount so found due. 



Chapter 44. 



MAINTENANCE OF SCHOOLS BY SCHOOL DISTRICTS. 



Schools And Instruction. 
Section 

822. studies prescribed. 

823. Instruction in vocal music. 

824. Additional schools. 

825. Instruction of advanced pupils, 

826. Instruction in languages. 

827. Assignment ot pupils. 

828. Special supervision. 
Instruction in Other Schools. 

829. In adjoining districts. 



Section 

830. Pupils from adjoining districts. 

831. Sucti districts deemed to have 

supported schools. 

832. Kindergarten schools. 

833. Places of attendance. 

834. Evening schools. 

835. Clerk to prepare census of chil- 

dren of school age. 

836. Duties of district clerks. 

837. Provisions of special acts unaf- 

fected. 



SCHOOLS AND INSTRUCTION. 

Sec. 822. All pupils shall be thoroughly instructed in good f *?,Jy*^f''^^«\-8 . ^gg., 
behavior, reading, writing, spelling, English grammar, geography, fg^f^slof Ijo^fo.^.L! 
arithmetic, free-hand drawing, the history and constitution of l^^.'^^^g^jf s".fb,'§^j 
the United States, and in elementary physiology and hygiene ;iy9Z;p^ 493"^! i^ ^' ^• 
and shall receive special instruction in the geography, history, ^^ ^*- ^■^*- 
constitution and principles of the government of Vermont. 

Sec. 823. The prudential committee of a district mav pro- instmction in vocal musk. 

^ "^ -"^ 1888, No. 9, § 96. 

vide for daily instruction in vocal music by the regular teacher ; 59 vt. 658. 
and any district may, at a regular meeting, instruct its committee 
to provide for such instruction in vocal music by a teacher em- 
ployed for that purpose. 

Sec. 824. If the pupils of a district are so numerous as to Additional schools. 

^ ^ 1888, No. 9, § 99. 

require more than one teacher, the district may provide as many 
schools, or a school of as many departments as is needed. 

Sec 825. In a district having more than one school, or a instmction of advanced 
school of more than one department, the prudential committeeisssf'No. 9, §100; 
may provide for the free instruction of advanced pupils in the ' -^.597. 

higher branches of English study. 

Sec. 826. A district maintaining a school tausrht bv three or instruction in languages. 
more teachers, may direct the teaching of foreign languages, 
ancient or modern, therein. 

Sec. 827. When a district has more than one school, or a Assignment of pupils, 
school of more than one department, the prudential committee, r. l. §"572! '^ ' 
or a committee chosen by such district for the purpose, shall 



48 



INSTRUCTION IN OTHER SCHOOLS. [Title IL 



Special supervision. 
1890, No. 5, § 3; 1888, 
No. 9, § 104. 



examine as to the qualifications of the pupils, and designate the 
school or department which each pupil shall attend. 

Sec. 828. A district maintaining schools taught by twelve or 
more teachers, may direct its prudential committee to employ a 
person for the special supervision thereof, and a person so em- 
ployed shall, under the general direction of the prudential com- 
mittee, superintend the work of the teachers, and perform the 
duties of the prudential committee in the inspection, examina- 
tion and regulation of schools. 



INSTRUCTION IN OTHER SCHOOLS. 



Ill adjoining districts. 
1888. No. 9. § 105; R. L. 
§§564,567; 1880, No. 94, 
§1; 1876, No. 45, §1; 
1872, No. 11, 64 Vt. 527. 



Popils from adjoining 
districts. 

18S8. No. 9, § 106. 
64 Vt. .511. 
64 Vt. 527. 



Sncli districts deemed to 
bave support*^ schools. 
1894, No. 18 ; 1892, 
No. 20 § 6; 1888, 
No. 9, §107; R. L,. 
§565; 1880, No. 94, §2; 
1876, No. 45, § 1. 



Kindergarten scliools. 
1888, No. 9, §151; 1896, 
No. 32, §1; 1882, No. 
32. 



Places of attendance. 
1888, No. 9, § 152. 



Evening schools. 

1898, No. 28, §1; 1888, 
No. 9, §165; R. L. § 
678; 1874, No. 37, § 2. 



Sec. 829. A district may, by a two thirds vote, authorize its 
prudential committee to arrange for the instruction of all its legal 
pupils, in the studies prescribed by law, in the schools of an ad- 
joining district or districts, or in the most convenient schools of 
an adjoining town or towns in another state, and authorize the 
transportation of such pupils to and from school. 

Sec. 830. The prudential committee may, for a reasonable 
compensation to be paid into the treasury of the district, admit 
the pupils of an adjoining district, by arrangement with the pru- 
dential committee of such district. 

Sec. 831. If such pupils are provided with not less than 
twenty-eight weeks of instruction during the school year, includ- 
ing such as may have been had in the district of their residence, 
such district shall be held to have supported a school as required 
by law, and shall be entitled to its share of the public moneys the 
same as~if a school had been maintained in the district, and the 
attendance had been in such school. 

Sec. 832. A district may provide a kindergarten school for 
the instruction of children under five years of age residing in the 
district; and when such a school is maintained it shall be at- 
tended by such pupils over five years of age as the prudential 
committee may designate. 

Sec. 833. For public school instruction in the branches pre- 
scribed by law, a pupil shall attend a school provided by the dis- 
trict in which he resides. The prudential committee of a district 
maintaining a school for advanced pupils may permit non-residents 
to attend such school upon the payment of reasonable tuition. 

Sec. 834. A district may establish evening schools and main- 
tain the same as day schools are maintained ; and each session of 
an evening school may be treated as a half-day session of public 
schools, adults desirous of learning to speak and read the English 
language, or of studying the subjects embraced in Section 822 of 
of the Vermont Statutes and book-keeping may be admitted as 
pupils to such evening schools upon such terms and by the pay- 



Chap. 45] SCHOOL TAXES AND SCHOOL MONEY. 



49 



ment of such rates of tuition as the school board or school direc- 
tors vQSij prescribe. 

Sec. 835. The clerk of each school district shall, annually, g^^t* pppjir^«nsns of 
during the last two weeks of the school year, prepare an accurate ^^^ ^0.^9^ uel; 
list containing the name and age of each child of school age 
residing in the district, and the name of the parent or other per- 
son having control of such child ; and shall keep such list on file, 
and make such report therefrom as the superintendent of educa- 
tion requires. 

Sec. 836. The duties prescribed by law for clerks of boards Duties of district clerks. 

■^ "^ 1894, No. 1H2, § 802. 

of school directors, shall, so far as applicable be discharged by 
clerks of school districts incorporated by special act of the gen- 
eral assembly and in unorganized towns and gores. 

Sec. 837. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to Provisions of special acts 

™, .. r^ ., . . 1,-1. unaffected. 

affect the provisions of special acts incorporating school districts, isa*. no. lea, § sos. 



Chapter 45. 



SCHOOL TAXES AND SCHOOL MONEY. 



School District Taxes. 
Section. 

838. District list. 

839. Taxes. 

840. Kate bill and warrant. 

841. Deductions. 

842. Time and place of payment; 

notice. 

843. Exemption and abatement. 

844. Board of abatement; meeting. 

845. Powers of collector, etc. 

846. Collector to settle and submit 

tax book; penalty. 



Section. 

847. Assessment of tax to pay execu- 

tion. 

Division of Public Moneys. 

848. Selectmen to divide ; basis. 
S49. When district entitled to share. 

850. Returns of officers. 

851. Other provisions. 

852. statement to be lodged with 

town clerk. 

853. Forfeiture. 



SCHOOL DISTRICT TAXES. 



Sec. 838. The grand list of a school district shall be made District list. 

P , , „ , , , , , , , ,, , . 1888, No. 9, § 200; R. L 

up 01 the polls and real and personal estate taxable therein. § eso; i864. No. ei; 

G.S. 22, §§45,47,50; 
1850, No. 44; 1849, No. 16; R. S. 18, §§ 15, 16, 13; 1833, No. 19, § 2; 1827, No. 23, § 11; 
1824, p. 10, § 2; R. 1797, pp. 495, 496, §§ 3, 4; 1795, p. 9; R. 1787, p. 137. 
31Vt. 337. 82Vt.769. 37 Vt. 196. 43 Vt. 123. 56 Vt. 562. 

Sec. 839. A school district may, by vote, raise a tax upon Taxes. 

•4- T ^ * j-u ^ j: 1 -, A ■ , „ 1888, No. 9, § 201. 

its list for the support of schools therein ; and all expenses in- 56 vt. 562. 
curred by a district for the support of schools, in excess of public "^ 
moneys received, shall be so defrayed. 

Sec. 840. The prudential committee shall assess a tax for Rate wii and warrant. 

.1 ^ i. J X T • -. -, , 1888, No. 9, §202; R. L. 

the amount voted to be raised, and make out a rate-bill of the§63i; g. s.22, §47; r. 

. ,. ... ^ . , . , ,, , -, S. 18. § 16; 1827, No. 23, 

same ; a justice of the county m which the whole or part of such 



50 SCHOOL TAXES AND SCHOOL MONEY. [Title IL 

§ii;R. i797,p.495,§3;(iigtrict is situatccl, shall, on application, make out a warrant 

R. 1787, p. 137. ' "^"^ ' 

23 V*" 416" 34 vt 156 directed to the district collector, authorizing and requiring him 

I2 vt" 1%' 43 vt" 3p' ^® ^®^y ^^'^ collect such tax within the time limited in such war- 

34 vt. 94. 59 Vt. 313. rant, and pay the same to the treasurer of the district. 

D^nctioiis. ^ Sec. 841. A district may, at the time of voting a tax, direct 

§682: 1874, No. 14. the collcctor to dcduct a per cent, fixed by the vote, from the 

tax of a person paying before the day fixed. A collector shall 

make no deduction in favor of a person who does not pay his 

tax within the time. 

Time and place of payment; Sec. 842. The collcctor of a tax from wMch deduction may 

notice. 

1888. No. 9, § 204; \)q made as above provided, shall appoint a day within the time 
limited, and a place within the district, when and where he will 
attend to and receive such tax; and shall post a notification 
thereof in three public places in the district, and publish the 
same in each newspaper printed in the district at least ten days 
before the time appointed ; and shall attend at the time and 
place appointed to receive payment of such tax. 

if s'^No *9 Viol^^R^L ^^^' 843. A district may, by a two-thirds vote, instruct the 
§ ^3; G. s. 22, § 46; prudciitial committee to omit, in making up a tax-bill, the names 
of such persons as are unable to pay their proportion of the 
tax; and a district may by a two-thirds vote remit or make 
abatement on a tax-bill to an amount not exceeding five per cent. 
of the same. 

Board of abatement; meeting. Sec. 844. The offiCCrS of a SChool district, CXCCpt the COl- 

N0.9, §206; r'. L. ' lector, shall be a board for the abatement of district taxes, and 
such board shall have the same powers which the board for the 
abatement of town taxes has in the abatement of town taxes. A 
majority of such officers shall constitute a quorum. The pru- 
dential committee, on request of the collector, shall call a meeting 
of said board in the month of March in each year, previous to 
the annual school meeting, by posting notice therefor in three 
public places in said district at least five days before such 
meeting. 

Powers of collector, etc. Sec. 845. The district collector shall proceed in the same 

1888,No.9, §207;R.L. ^ u ^-U • i • ^ 11 ^- i- 

§636; G.s. 22, §§49, 51; manner and have the same powers m levying and collecting dis- 

No. 23,§§ 11, i2';'r.^''_' ti'^*^^ taxcs, as towu collcctors in levying and collecting town 

p. 137.' leVt. 439'. ''taxes, and shall within the time limited collect and pay the same 

to the district treasurer ; the prudential committee shall have the 

same authority to enforce the collection and payment of district 

taxes as selectmen have to enforce the collection and payment of 

town taxes. 

Collector to settle and snb- Sec. 846. A district coUcctor shall, on the written request 

1888, No 9! §208; ^1884, of ouc of tlic prudential committee, pay to the district treasurer 

1874, No. 11, §§ 2,' 3.' all moneys belonging to the district collected by him to that time, 

and submit his tax-book and list to said treasurer for inspection 

and computation ; and if a collector shall neglect so to do for ten 



Chap. 45] DIVISION OF PUBLIC MONEYS. 51 

days after receiving such request, he shall forfeit to the district 
one hundred dollars, to be recovered in an action on this statute, 
and his office shall be vacant. 

Sec. 847. When a demand is made upon a school district As^f™t of tax to pay 
for the payment of an execution issued against it, and the c^is-f|f9;^G;s.y^§'if;'^' 
trict has no available funds to pay the same, the prudential com- p.-s^oiIII/R.KSTf^' 
mittee shall forthwith assess, and have collected, a tax sufficient »• ^^• 
to pay such execution and the charges and twelve per cent, 
interest, in the same manner as a tax voted by the district is 

assessed and collected. 

» 

DIVISION OF PUBLIC MONEYS. 

Sec. 848. The selectmen of a town having within its limits selectmen to divide; basis. 

° IHOU, No. 19, § 1; 1898, 

a district incorporated by a special act of the general assembly, no. 20, §?; is9-2, no. 

^ J r o ■' ' -20, s 1 ; 1890, No. 5, § 2 ; 

or a part of such a district, shall annually, on or before the tenth ij^^s no. 9, §§ ui, 233, 

^ ' •" 235; 1886, No. 24; 1884, 

day of September, divide the public school moneys in the treas- No. 29; r. l. §§ eei, 

■' ^ '^ ' 662; 1880, No. 94, §§5, 

ury of such town between the town district and the incorporated «; i876, no.si; 1874, 

•^ ^ No. 40, §1; 1866, No. 

district in the following manner : 'J; y'o.F5*,io'^'J■^go v 

The share of the State school tax provided for in section 758 of ^' g';^f^^^*^2l'il27;No. 
the Vermont Statutes distributed to such town shall be divided in^'^^_Y5']j^^^']'J^5PP-_''io; 
proportion to the number of legal schools maintained in each dis- 7lvt!'45L'' ^" ^^^' 
trict during the preceding school year; all other school moneys in 
such treasury shall be divided so that the share of such incor- 
porated district, or such part thereof as is within the limits of 
such district and within such town, shall bear such proportion to 
the whole amount of such school moneys as the aggregate attend- 
ance in such district, or part thereof credited to scholars residing 
within the limits of such town, bears to the attendance of the 
whole town. The share belonging to such district, or part thereof 
within the town, shall be paid to its treasurer, and the balance 
shall be credited to the school fund by the treasurer of the town. 
In determining the aggregate attendance of the town and incor- 
porated districts, the district in which the scholars reside shall be 
credited with the a,ttendance of such scholars. 

Sec. 849. Before making such division the selectmen shall when district entitled 

" to share. 

carefully examine the entries in each register, and ascertain the 'S9'^. N0.20, §:6; isss, 

•^ ° ' No. 9, §236; B.L. §663; 

aggregate attendance during the school year, and whether it 1|*\?^'{*:^',LI' ^'\ 
appears from the certificate of the directors or prudential com- §i; g's- 22. §s3;i849| 

mittee that the schools were kept by duly licensed teachers and§32; i827,no. 23, §9; 

^ •' •' B. 1797, p. 497, § 7; 

that the clerk has made the entries required by law, and no pub- R- 1787, p. ise. 

lie money shall be paid unless the selectmen find, upon such exam- 
ination, that the law has been fully complied with. 

Sec. 850. The school directors or prudential committee, shall, ^Igg^'^o^^o^'Ts*. iggy 
on or before the second Tuesday of April in each year, return to^.?- s. §2; 1888, No. 9, 
the towai clerk an itemized statement, under oath, of the actual 
cash expenditures of the town or district for the preceding school 



52 MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS. 

year for school purposes ; and no town or district shall be entitled 
to receive any portion of its school moneys unless such returns 
are so made. 
?S'5 !!t""I'"?^ ,000 Sec. 851. No district shall receive from the town the full 

lo90, JN<1. 5, s 2; lOBO, 

ss^'iM'^No ^23*' ^°' ^J^ount of its school moneys unless it has actually expended dur- 
ing the preceding school year for school purposes, other than the 
construction and repair of buildings, a sum equal to the amount 
of its school moneys for such year, exclusive of private bequests, 
and one-tenth of its grand list for such preceding year ; the sum 
paid to a school district in any one year shall be diminished by the 
amount by which the sum actually so expended by the district in 
such preceding year is less than the school moneys, exclusive of 
private bequests and one-tenth the grand list of the district for 
the preceding year, 
statement to 1)6 lodged with Sec. 852, The Selectmen in the month of April, annually, 
1888, No.' 9, §'244; R.L. after they have made division of the public moneys, shall lodge 

§668; ti. S.22, § 85; "^ p , ^ 

1847, No. 24, § 4. with tlic towu clerk a written statement of the amount of money 

apportioned to each district for the preceding school year. 

i888'*No 9 § 240 ^^^'- 853. A scliool dlrcctor or prudential committee who 

knowingly makes a false certificate as to the date and character 
of teachers' certificates, or a false statement of the amount ex- 
pended, or a district clerk who knowingly shall make false an- 
swers to the inquiries contained in the register, or a selectman 
who shall knowingly distribute public money to a school district 
not entitled thereto, shall forfeit to the town one hundred dollars, 
to be recovered in an action on this statute. 



MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS. 

SETTLEMENT OF AFFAIRS OF OLD SCHOOL DISTRICTS. 

Town clerk to all meeting Sec. 854. If in any school district, whosc financial affairs are 
office of clerk and committee not Settled, the oflQcc of clcrk and prudential committee is vacant, 
1896, No. 24, § 1. the clerk of the town in which such district, or any part thereof 

is situated, may warn a meeting as a resident clerk might have 
done. Said town clerk or one of the selectmen of the town shall 
attend such meeting and preside over the same until a moderator 
is elected. 
Service of writs on such Sec. 855, If in such district the office of clerk and prudential 
is9™No. 24, § 2. committee is vacant, service of writs may be made upon such dis- 

trict by leaving a copy thereof with any taxpayer resident in such 
district. 



MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS. 5a 

Sec. 856. The provisions of chapter sixty-three, Vermont ^^\n^t«^jj»f'';'ni|f«^^ 
Statutes, shall not apply to actions against school districts in ^^y^> ^°- ^^' § ^• 
which both the oflBce of clerk and prudential committee are vacant, 
during the period of such vacancy. 

LIGHTING, HEATING AND VENTILATION OF SCHOOL HOUSES. 

Sec. 857. The state board of health shall, as often as it iudges state board to issne roitn- 

, , • , J.1 1 1 1 1 j: -I ^^^ -, i ^- latioiis; plans to 1)6 sub- 

to be necessary, issue to the local boards of health its regulations mitted to health otflren 

,,, Ti,. .,. •, x-ix- £ 1 n ^ penalty for buildiiis without 

as to the lighting, heating and ventilation of schoolhouses, and approval; health offlrer to 

,,, .. . .. ., iPi 1 11 inspert and make reports. 

shall cause sanitary inspections to be made of churches, school- J902. No. 113, §8; 
houses and all places of public resort, and make such regulations 
concerning the same as it shall deem necessary for the safety of 
persons who may attend schools or services therein or resort 
thereto. And all schoolhouses, churches and public buildings 
hereafter erected shall conform to the regulations of said state 
board of health in respect to all sanitary conditions for the public 
health, and all persons, corporations or committees intending to 
erect any public building herein named shall submit plans thereof 
so far as to show the method of heating, plumbing, ventilation and 
sanitary arrangements to the health officer, and procure his ap- 
proval thereof, or the approval of the state board of health, before 
erecting said building, and shall conform strictly to all require- 
ments of said board in the respects aforesaid, and any person 
corporation or committee who shall erect any such schoolhouse, 
church or public building without such approval and without 
complying with such regulation, shall on conviction thereof pay 
a fine to the treasurer of the state of not less than one hundred 
dollars, and not more than five hundred dollars, and shall make 
said building conform to the sanitary regulations of said board 
before the same shall be used, otherwise said building shall 
be deemed a nuisance, and be put in proper condition by the 
health officer, under direction of the state board of health, at the 
expense of the owner. 

The health officer of each town and city in the state shall make, 
under directions of state board of health, a sanitary survey of each 
schoolhouse and other building, used for public purposes, and 
make report each year to the state board of health, in the month 
of March, and to the board of aldermen of cities, and to each 
annual March meeting in towns. 

STATE TEACHERS" ASSOCIATION. 

Sec. 858. A sum not exceeding two hundred dollars is hereby Appropriation to aid. 
appropriated annually to aid in defraying the expenses of the ^'^^^^ ^°' '^' ^ ^' 
annual meeting of the State Teachers' Association. Such sum 
shall be expended in securing able speakers for said meeting or 
for publishing its important addresses and papers under the 



54 



MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS. 



Auditor to draw orders. 
1902, Na. 28, § 2. 



direction of the superintendent of education and in accord with 
the aim and regulations governing institutes and summer schools. 
Sec. 859. The state auditor is hereby directed to draw his 
order on the state treasurer for such sums and at such times as 
the superintendent of education may require to carry out the 
provisions of this act (Section 858). 



LOCATION OF LICENSED SALOONS. 



Not within 200 feet of a 

school. 

1902, No. 61, § 14. 



Sec. 860. The board shall give a public hearing at the time 
and place designated in the notice. If at such hearing the owner 
of an occupied dwelling within twenty-five feet of the rooms in 
which the applicant proposes to do business files objection in 
person, or by written communication, or if a majority of the 
property holders on the street in which such license is to be 
operative, and within four hundred feet on either side, file objec- 
tions in writing, the license shall not be granted except by the 
unanimous decision of the board. Nor shall a license be granted 
for the sale of liquor of any kind within 200 feet in any direction 
of any church, or of any building occupied in whole or in part as 
a public or parochial school, except that this restriction shall not 
apply to wholesale or retail druggists, nor to inn-holders. 



Holidays. 

1902. So. 48, O; 
1898, No. 51, § 1 ; 
V. S., § 2314. 



, 'Bennington Battle" and 

'labor"" days defined. 
1S98, No. .51. § 2 ; 
V. S., § 2315. 



LEGAL HOLIDAYS. 

Sec. 861. The first day of January, twenty-second day of 
February, the thirtieth day of May, the fourth day of July, the 
sixteenth day of August, the first Monday in September, the 
twenty-filth day of December, and any day appointed or set 
apart by the Governor of this state or by the President of the 
United States, as a day of thanksgiving, prayer or other special 
observance, shall be legal holidays, etc. 

Sec 862. The sixteenth day of August shall be known as 
" Bennington Battle " day, and the first Monday in September as 
"Labor" day, throughout this state. 



GENERAL PROVISIONS AS TO CERTAIN OFFICERS. 

Treasurer to keep separate Sec. 863. If a towu, school or fire district or incorporated 

account ot school taxes. 

^9|No IS, §1; village, votes to collect its taxes by its treasurer, the proper 

oflicers shall, until otherwise voted, make and deliver all tax bills 
to the treasurer of the town, school or fire district, or incorporated 
village, and the treasurer shall keep separate accounts of all 
money received as highway or school taxes, and pay out the 
same upon the orders of the proper officers. 

Clerk failing to make returns; Sec. 864. If a clerk of the board of school directors or of an 

penalty tor neglect. 

X-x-.^i^.o^',o.o incorporated school district fails to make the required return, 

K. Li. 8 2548; 1800, *■ ^ 

or makes an incomplete or incorrect return, he shall receive 



MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS. 55 

no compensation therefor and be fined not less than five dollars; no. 49, §§^i,^3;^^i865^, 
and the town clerk shall forthwith cause prosecution to bej^ov, N0.33 § i; 
commenced against him in the name of the state to recover ^-Sj^is-I^^s^^r.^iw, 
such fine. p.ise. 

Sec. 865. Women twenty-one years of age may be elected or J^men eUgibie to what 
appointed to the office of clerk of a town, or to the office of treas- No''4f §"i^^v^s' ^^^^' 
urerofa town, or to both of said offices, and may be appointed Igg^'^^Rji^- §2659; 
town superintendent of schools, if they have resided in such town 
one year next preceding such election or appointment. 

Sec. 866. In towns of less than four thousand inhabitants, Mft.the,..""^ ""•""'' 
the moderator, town clerk, selectmen, treasurer, overseer of the.]^66;' i8T4,^i'(^'5f;"G. 
poor, constable, school directors, listers and grand jurors, shall be^'i5;'iy4;j^".^9fi'H()6, 
elected by ballot, when required by three voters present. §'5.-^°^' ^' ^™'' P" '**"'' 

Sec. 867. The selectmen may fill a vacancy in any townJaran™s^;^s«|wtm^^ 
office, until an election is had, and a record of such appointment ^'^ees^isre'N^' 85 §3- 
shall be made in the town clerk's office. if?. ^0.57'; i«7o, No. ' 

34; 
G. S. 15, §§ 2-2, 41; R. S. 13, §§21, 37; 1823, p. 24 15 Vt. 653. 

Sec 868. The selectmen shall, before the constable, road »»n<is required of town 

" " ' ' olBuers; office vaaiit it 

commissioner, school directors, collector of taxes, treasurer and "«*?»'«'»• „, ,„„, .^ 

' ' ' , V. b. §2994; Jo92, No. 

clerk, enter upon their official duties, and, in towns voting too^'||^i„i-^86^_^^o^^i; r. 
require the overseer of the poor to give such bond before the^-g^s-^5^§||^|'-|'^j^|^; 
overseer enters upon his official duties, require each to give f^||o4^'5^io2^^R^i7i)7^' 
bond to the town m sufficient sums and with sufficient sureties, p- ^^6, ij. ^_^^ ^^ 
conditioned for the faithful performance of their duties ; and if |^ ^t. 355. 57 vt. 92. 
the selectmen at any time judge any bond to be insufficient, ^o^t- 1^9. esvt. 445. 
they may in writing require the officer whose bond is insuffi- 
cient to give an additional bond in such sum as they deem 
necessary ; and if any officer neglects, for ten days after request, 
to give such original or the additional bond, his office shall be 
vacant. 

Sec. 869. Fpon the written demand therefor of twenty Election by wiot of certain 

■^•^^. j^ J oincers on (lemaiid. when; 

voters, filed in the town clerk's office at least twelve days before •|s'^«f "oters; plurality 
the annual meeting, the moderator, town clerk, first constable, ,^- '^i | 2^84; isfs. No. 

o' ' ^ ' 146, § 2. R. Li. §§ 2662, 

selectmen, road commissioners and school directors shall be elected f!j63, 2866; 1 865, no. 

' 42; 1864, No. 1/, §§ 1, 2, 

by ballot upon one ticket, and a list of the names of persons vot- '^> *• ^> ^■ 
ing shall be kept by the town clerk, his deputy, or a member of 
the board of civil authority designated by him. The person hav- 
ing the greatest number of votes for any office shall be declared 
elected to that office. If two persons receive such greatest num- 
ber, further ballotings shall be had, if demanded, until an election 
is made. 

Sec 870. When the office of a selectman, town clerk, over- Records, etc., to iw delivered 
seer of the poor, town treasurer or school director, becomes vacant v. s"., § 3061; 

R.L. §§ 2687,2720,2847; 

by expiration of the term of office of the incumbent, or otherwise, is64. No. 25; g.s. 15, 
and a successor is elected or appointed, he shall, on demand, be 
entitled to receive the records, files, books and papers of such 



56 



MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS. 



f 28^" r' mf'p'^m^' office, or property of the town belonging thereto, from the last 
§ 22; p. 284, § 3; p. 295, incumbent of the office or anyone having possession of the same. 
A person having such records, files, books, papers or other prop- 
erty in his possession who refuses for ten days after such demand 
to surrender the same, shall be fined ten dollars for each week's 
neg-lect. 



Officers to settle annually ; 

penalty. 

V. S., §30fi2; 

1892, No. 56, § 14; 

R. L. §2734; 1880, 

No. 113, § 3. 



Sec. 87L Selectmen, town treasurers, town clerks, overseers 
of the poor, road commissioners, school directors, collectors of 
taxes and all persons authorized to receive or disburse moneys 
belonging to a town, shall, annually, settle their accounts with 
the auditors of such town on or before the first Tuesday of March. 
If any such officer refuses or neglects to make such settlement in 
any year, he shall be ineligible to re-election to the same office for 
the year ensuing. 



RELATING TO OBSCENE BOOKS AND PICTURES. 

Penalty for pnbiuhing or Sec. 872- A pcrson who imports, prints, publishes, sells, lends, 

exhibiting. . , . . ■ -, 

1896, No. 110, §1; circulatcs, distributes, exhibits, or introduces into a family or 

V. S., § 5068. 5 5 5 J 

place of education a book, print, picture, or other thing which is 
obscene, lewd, or indecent, or which contains obscene, lewd, or 
indecent language, prints, pictures, figures or descriptions, or 
which manifestly tends to the corruption of the morals of youth ; 
or who buys, procures or has in his possession any such book, 
print, picture, or other thing, with intent to sell, lend, circulate, 
distribute or exhibit the same, or to introduce it into any family 
or place of education, shall be imprisoned not more than one year 
or fined not more than two hundred dollars. 

Penalty for posting obscene Sec. 873, A pcrsou who posts or publicly cxhiMts any pic- 
ture, figure, print, description, or language which is obscene, 
lewd, indecent, or manifestly tends to the corruption of the morals 
of youth ; or who as owner, manager, director, agent, or in j any 
other capacity prepares, advertises, gives, presents, or particijjates 
in any obscene, lewd, indecent, immoral show or entertainrpent 
or a show or entertainment manifestly tending to corrupt { the 
morals of youth, shall be imprisoned not more than three moiths 
or fined not more than two hundred dollars. 



pictures, etc. 

1896, No. 110, §2; 

V. S., § 5069. 



Penalty for allowing minor 

to play, against parent's 

request. 

V. S., § 4869; 

1892, No. 84; 1882, 

No. 53; R. L. §4074; 

1870, No. 61, § 6. 



PUPILS NOT TO PLAY AT POOL OR BILLIARDS. 

Sec. 874. If the owner or keeper of a public pool or billiard 
table, or bowling alley, permits a minor to play upon such tables 
or alley, after the parent or guardian of such minor, or the 
principal of an incorporated or private school of which suljh 
minor is a pupil, has requested in writing such owner or keeper 
not to permit such minor so to do, he shall be fined not less than 
ten dollars for each time he allows such minor to play upon sudi 
tables or alley. 



MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS. 57 

INJURIES TO BUILDINGS AND THEIR APPURTENANCES. 

Sec. 875. A person who wilfully and maliciously breaks aTobniidinss,fenc«sorwaiis. 
door or window of, or otherwise iniures, a dwellinff house or other n. l.'§ 4199;' g. s. 113, 

■u -ij- V. .1. -J I. • u-v. 4; §§ 48, 52, 53; 1856, 

building, whether occupied or not, or a sign thereon, or a ienceNo.43,^ isos, No. 31, 
or wall, not being his own property, or disfigures the same withi842, no.'36;'r. s. 95, 

. ^ ' , ■ .1 f \.v. -u •^- • ^- §25; R. 1797, pp. 187, 

pamt or otherwise, or defaces the same by writing, printing or i89, §§ 1, 3. 
painting thereon any obscene word, figures or devices, shall be 
imprisoned not more than ninety days, or fined not more than 
twenty dollars, or both ; and the offender shall be liable to the 
owner for the damages and the same may be recovered, in an 
action upon this statute. 

Sec. 876. A person who carelessly and without malice injures wuiiont maik*, to pnwic 
or defaces any part of a building belonging to a county or town, v. s.,^§ 5010'; 

, p ,^.,.-,^..,^ R.L. §4200; G.S. 113, 

or the appurtenances thereof, or any public building, hall or §50; isse, N0.42. 
room, by cutting, writing, marking, standing in the windows, or 
in any other manner, or injures the furniture, fence, yard, posts, 
grounds, shade trees or shrubbery connected with such building, 
or fastens a horse or other animal to the fence, posts, or trees 
about the same or posts bills, placards and notices upon such 
building or its appurtenances, or upon the fence or trees be- 
longing thereto, whereby any defacement results, shall be fined 
not less than two dollars. 

Sec. 877. A justice of the county shall have concurrent Justin's jarisdiction. 

•• '' V. S., §5011; 

jurisdiction with the county court of offences mentioned in the R- l§ 4192; 187s. 

'' -^ Nfo. 68, §2; 1863, No. 9; 

three preceding sections, to the extent of fining the respondents^- s. 113, §54; 
twenty dollars, or may bind the offender over for trial. 

RELATING TO BUILDINGS, GROUNDS, SHADE TREES, ETC. 

Sec. 878. A tramp who enters or attempts to enter a dwell- Penalty for forcible entry, 

^ ^ bnilduig fires, carrying 

ing-house or premises against the will of the owner or occupant weapons, or threatking. 
thereof, or having entered persists in remaining against the will of i^s*. '^^^-J^'.'^ "^' 
the owner or occupant, or kindles a fire in an outbuilding, school- i^'s. ^^o. 14, § 3. 
house or other public or unoccupied building, or on the lands, or 
in the public highway adjoining the lands, of any person between 
the first day of May and the first day of December, without the 
consent of the owner or occupant thereof, or who is found carry- 
ing a fire-arm or other dangerous weapon, or threatens to injure 
persons or property, shall be punished by imprisonment in the 
state prison, not exceeding two years, nor less than six months. 

Sec. 879. A person who turns cattle, horses, sheep or swine Tormnganiinais into yard 

•■^ 5 5 1:- aliQnt public bnilding ; 

into a yard belonging to a town house, church or schoolhouse, which ^"^J^y. ^_^^ 

is properly enclosed, or knowingly suffers them to run therein, f^^'^g^^\^J^'^g' ^^^' 

shall be fined not more than ten dollars, and not less than three 

dollars, to the use of the town. 



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MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS. 



Penalty for setting up alley 

near school or churcli. 

V. S., §486H; 

R. L. §4072; 

1876, No. 9a, §§ 1, 2. 



To trees and shrubs in 

school grounds. 

V. S., §5018; 

R. L. §4204; G. S. J 13 

§53; 1853, No. 31, § 1. 



Barbed wire fence around 

schoolhouse. 

V. S., §5158; 

1892, No. 104, §§ 1, 2. 



Sec. 880. If a person as owner or keeper sets up or uses a 
bowling alley, upon land adjoining the land on which a school 
building, college, academy or church is located, he shall be fined 
twenty dollars to the use of the county in which the offense is 
committed, for each day or time he permits said alley to be used. 

Sec. 88L A person who injures a shade or ornamental tree 
or shrub standing upon the grounds belonging to a schoolhouse or 
academy, by cutting or breaking the same, or by fastening a horse 
or other animal thereto, shall be imprisoned not more than ninety 
days, or fined not more than twenty dollars, or both; the offender 
shall be liable to the owner for the damages, and the same may 
be recovered in an action upon this statute. 

Se(;. 882. A person who builds or maintains a barbed wire 
fence around any schoolhouse yard shall be fined not more than 
fifty dollars and not less than twenty dollars. 



DISTURBING MEETINGS AND SCHOOLS. 



Disturbing' a lawful 
meeting nr school. 
V. S, §5044; 
R. L, §4229; G. S. 
116, §10; 18.54, No. 
115; R. S.98, § 10; 
1821. p. 10; R. 1797, 
p. 18.5, § 19. 



Remaining at or near a 

school to annoy. Juri^ic- 

tiun. 

V.S. § 5049; 

R. L. §4230; 1870, 

No. 60. 



Sec. 883. A person who by a disorderly or unlawful act dis- 
turbs a town, society or district meeting, or a school, or any 
meeting lawfully assembled, or by force, or menace interrupts the 
business of such meeting or school, shall be fined not more than 
one hundred dollars. 

Sec. 884 A person over ten years of age, not connected with 
the school, who annoys or disturbs a school by remaining at or 
near it, or by not departing on request of the teacher, prudential 
committee or school directors, shall be fined not more than twenty 
dollars. Justices shall have jurisdiction of offences under this 
section. 



INDEX. 



SECTION. 



Abatement of School Taxes, 

district may vote, - - - - - 843 

board for abatement, ... - - S44 

Academies, 

required to receive pupils from towns, - - 693a 

directors required to provide instruction in when 

no high school maintained, .... 694a 

defmed, -------- 696a 

disagreement as to standing of superintendent of 

education to decide, ----- 697a 

to furnish statistical information, - - - 731 

Age, 

of legal pupils, ------- 709 

compulsory school, - - - - - - 711 

Appropriations, 

normal and training schools, - - - - 632a 

special for apparatus, etc., - - . - 633a 

Attendance, school, 

what children required to attend, - - - 711 

child under fifteen not to be employed when, - 712 

illiterate child under fourteen not to be employed, 713 

penalty for violation of three preceding sections, 714 
town superintendent to inquire into employment of 

children, 715 

teacher to notify truant officer, ... 716 

child may be sent to industrial school if parent 

unable to control, "1" 

child not properly clothed overseer to provide, - 717 



INDEX. 

SECTION. 

Attendance, school, — Continued. 

child may be sent to industrial school if conduct is 

pernicious, - - -- - - - 718 

non-resident subject to same authority as resident 

pupils, 718a 

truant officer to investigate cases on non-attendance, 716 

to complain of parent who neglects to obey notice, 719 

form of complaint, 720 

penalty for neglect of duty under truancy law, 721 

Attendance upon Institutes, 

teachers allowed four days for - - - - 707 

Auditor, School District, 

duties of, - - 791 



Barbed-wire Fence, 

penalty for building around school yard, - - 882 

Bennington Battle Day, 

August sixteenth to be called, . . . . 862 

legal holiday, - - - - - - 861 

Billiards and Pool, * 

penalty for permitting pupils to play, - - - 874 

Board of Health, 

to make sanitary regulations concerning school 

houses, . . - 857 

Bonds, 

school directors', - • - - - - - 868 

Bowling Alley, 

penalty for setting up near school house, - - 880 

Branches, 

required to be taught in common schools, 683, 822 

required to be taught in high schools, - - 692a 

Board of Pupils, 

school directors may provide, . . . . 685 

Boundaries, 

change of in incorporated districts, - - - 807 



INDEX. 

SECTION". 

c 

Census, School, 

clerk of school board to take annually, - - 680 

school district clerk to take annually, - - 835 

Certification of Teachers, 

Normal school commissioners to give certificates to 

graduates, 630a 

may revoke such certificates, - - - . 630a 

no person to teach a public school without certificate, 644 

person under seventeen not entitled to, - - 644 

certificate of graduation from normal school in this 

state a license to teach, . . . . . 645 

renewal examination, 646 

holder of ten-year certificate or two five-year certi- 
ficates may receive life certificate, - - - 647 
graduate of normal school in another state entitled 

to first grade, 648 

kindergarten graduates licensed without examination, 648a 

certificate procured contrary to law void, - . 649 

no person to be employed or paid as teacher without, 651 

examiners' certificates. 

requirements for first grade, .... 652 

for second grade, . . . 653 

for third grade, - - . . 654 

special second grade without examination, - 653 

third grade certificates may be endorsed, - - 654 
persons having received two third grade certificates 

when not entitled to another, ... 654 

limited third grade on private examination, - 655 

extended while teacher remains in same school, 657 
graduate of approved college entitled to certificate 

without examination, 658 

same may be renewed, when, .... 658 
graduate of approved secondary school entitled to 

certificate, when, 659 

life or unlimited certificates, when issued, - 660 

certificates may be revoked for cause, - - 663 

Clerk of School Board, 

board of directors to appoint ; duties, - - - 679 



INDEX. 



SECTIOX. 



Clerk of School Board, — Continued. 

directors to act as in case of absence or disability, 677 
to take school census annually, - - - - 680 
teacher to notify concerning certificate before be- 
ginning school, 661 

penalty when parents refuse to give required infor- 
mation, - - - - - - - - 681 

to procure, care for and return register, - - 682 
to fui'nish superintendent of education certain in- 
formation, - - - 695a 

to provide teachers with school registers, - 725 

to examine registers when returned, . . . 726 

to fill out and return registers to town clerk, - 727 

penalty for failure to make returns, - - - 864 

Clerk, School District, 

duties of; penalty for neglect, - - - - 789 

to notify town clerk of his election, ... 790 

absent or disqualified prudential committee to act, 795 

vacancy in office, how fiUed, .... 798 

to record warnings before posting, - . . 801 

to warn school meetings, 802 

penalt}^ for neglect, .-.-.- 805^ 

to prepare census of school children, - - - 835 
to discharge duties prescribed for clerks of school 

boards, - 836 

penalty for making false entries in school register, 853 

office of vacant, how district meetings called, - 854 

how writ against district served, - 855 

statute of limitations does not run, - - 856 

penalty for failing to make returns, - - - 864 

Collector of Taxes, 

district may elect town collector as, - - - 787 

duties of, ------- - 791 

vacancy in office, how filled, - - - - - 798 

to notify where and when tax is payable, - 842 

to have powers of town collector, .... 845 

to settle and submit tax book, when, - - 846 

Compulsory Attendance, 711, 722 

(See also attendance, School.) 



INDEX. 



SECTION. 



Contract for Teaching, 

void if teacher begins school without certificate, - 644 
void if teacher fails to notify clerk concerning 

certificate, 661 

Conveyance of Pupils, 

School directors may provide, . . . _ 685 
appeal to selectmen in case of refusal or disagree- 
ment, 685 

prudential committee may provide, - . _ 829 

County Examhier, -.-.-. 610, 614 

(See also Examiner of Teachers) 

Courses of Study, 

in ungraded schools to be prepared by superinten- 
dent of education, - - , - - - 607 
to be furnished teachers with school registers, - 608 

two copies to be sent to each school officer annually, 609 

D 

Damage to School Property, • 
parent or guardian to make good, - - - - 771 
penalty for injuring building, fence or wall, - 875 
penalty for defacing public building or its appur- 
tenance, 876 

Directors, School, ' 

to appoint town superintendent and fix his com- 
pensation, - - 615 

may remove him when unfit, . . _ . 616 

may direct superintendent to visit schools, - 618 

may unite with directors of other towns to elect 

superintendent, 622 

to present bill to state for part of salary of super- 
intendent, when, - 625 

not to employ or pay teachers without certificate or 

permit, 651 

to locate and construct school houses, - - 668 

election and term of office of, - - - - '669 

number in certain cases to be reduced, - - 670 

selectmen temporarily to fill vacancy, - - - 671 

to be sworn ; to elect a chairman, - - - 672 



INDEX. 

SECTION". 

Directors, School, — Continued. 

powers and duties of the board, - - - - 673 
to recommend amount of money necessary for 

school purposes 674 

have power to purchase or sell school property, 

when, 675 

to report their accounts and doings to the town, - 676 
to perform duties of clerk in case of absence or 

disability, 677 

compensation to be fixed by the town, - - - 678 

to appoint a clerk and fix his compensation, - 679 
to determine the time and place of holding 

schools, 673, 685 

may provide conveyance or board of pupils, - 685 

may provide instruction in vocal music, - - 686 

may receive pupils from other towns, - - 688 

to provide instruction in adjoining town where 

pupil can be better accommodated there, - - 689a 
appeal to examiners when directors cannot agree as 

to tuition, 689b 

towns may authorize to provide higher instruction 

in academies or high schools, . . . - 690 
to provide high school instruction for advanced 

pupils, - , - , 694a 

separate ballots for in towns of more than four 

thousand, - - - 704 

may establish kindergarten schools, - . - 709 

may arrest truants, 718 

chairman of board to fill out registers, - - 727 

to provide all appliances, supplies and text books, 769 
to make regulations concerning text books and 

supplies, 770 

duties of concerning text books; penalty for 

neglect, , - - - 771 

with superintendent to select text books, - - 773 
may agree with land owner to refer question of 

land damage, 815 

to make returns to town clerk ; penalty for neglect, 850 

penalty for making false certificate, - - 853 

shall be elected by ballot, when - - - 866 

required to give bonds, . . _ . 868 



INDEX. 



SECTIOJ*. 



Directors, School, — Continued. 

to be elected on ticket with other officers, when, 869 

office vacant, successor entitled to books, etc., - 870 

to settle with town auditors annually, - - 871 

Districts, 

(See School Districts.) 

Disturbance of Schools, 

penalty for, 883, 884 

Division of Public Moneys, 

state school tax, how divided, - - - . 762 

legal school for, defined, ^,763 

between town and incorporated school district, 848 



C 



Educational Meetings, 

may be held, when ; limit of expense, - - 602 

Elections, 

of school directors, general, 669 

in towns of more than four thousand inhabi- 
tants, 704 

three voters may require ballot for, - - - 866 

Employment of Children, 

child under fifteen not to be employed, when, - 712 

under fourteen not to be employed, when, - - 713 

penalty for unlawful, 714 

town superintendent to inquire concerning, - - 715 

Evening Schools, 

school districts may establish, . . . . 834 

adults may attend by payment of tuition, - 834 

Examinations, 

questions for to be prepared by superintendent of 

education, 605 

public to be held by the examiner at convenient 

times and places, 649 

applicant failing in, not entitled to another for three 

months, 649 

to be both oral and written, - - - . 650 



INDEX. 



SECTION, 



Examinations, — Continued. 

papers to be preserved one year, - - - 651 

requirements of, for first grade, _ . . 652 

for second grade, _ . _ 653 

for third grade, . _ - 654 

examiners may grant private, - - - - 655 

Examiner of Teachers, 

appointment by governor and superintendent of 

education, ----_.. 610 

to assist in conducting summer schools, - - 598 

to conduct teachers' institutes, when, - - 599 

to arrange for and assist at institutes, - - 611 

to furnish statistical information - - - 611 

to meet with superintendent of education when 

required, 6ll 

compensation, 612 

may be removed from oflGlce, 613 

to send report to superintendent, ... 614 

to hold public examinations and keep records, - 649 

may employ assistance, when ... - 650 

penalty for failure to report result of examination . 650 

to preserve examination papers one year, - - 651 

may issue certificates of three grades; first grade, - 652 

second grade on examination, - - 653 

special second grade without examination, 653 

third grade on examination, ... 654 

may endorse third grade certificate from another 

county, - - 654 

may grant private examination ; fee for same, - 655 
may issue first grade certificate to graduate of ap- 
proved college, 658 

may issue second grade certificate to graduate of 

approved secondary school, - - - - 659 

with consent of superintendent may issue unlimited 

certificates, when, 660 

to issue permits when directed by town superin- 
tendent, 662 

may revoke certificates granted by him, - - 663 

to hear appeals with reference to school attendance, 689b 



INDEX. 

SECTIOTS-. 

Examiner of Teachers, — Continued. 

for Washington county, member of board to divide 

state school tax, 761b 

penalty for accepting gratuity - - - - 778 

F 

Fractional Districts, 

apportionment of the debts and property of, - - 821 

Governor, 

to fill vacancy in office of superintendent of edu- 
cation, 595 

with superintendent of education to appoint ex- 

amiuers, 610 

to remove examiner, - - - - 613 

to appoint normal school commissioners, - - 627a 
Graded School, 

defined, 656 

Graded School Districts, 

may establish training school department, - 643 

may unite with town district, . . . . 703 

in case of such union, schools of same grade to be 

maintained, 703 

to maintain at least twenty-eight weeks of school, 706 

Grand List, 

how made up, 733 

of school district, how made up, - - - - 838 

H 

Health, Board of, 

(See Board of Health.) 

Health Officer, 

duties of concerning school houses, - - - 857 

Higher Instruction, 

state to refund portion of tuitions paid out of town, 695a 

school directors to provide for all advanced pu- 
pils, .--....- 694a 

superintendent of education to fix qualifications of 

pupils for free tuition, 697a 



INDEX. 

SECTION. 

High Schools, 

towns may establish and maintain, . l . 691a 

shall be kept at least thirty-three weeks, - - 692a 
shall fit students for college, . . - . 692a 

town having graded school or academy may pro- 
vide high school instruction therein, - - - 693a 
directors to provide instruction in academy when 

town maintains no high school, . - - 694a 

defined, 696a 

superintendent to decide concerning standing of, 
when, 697a 

Holidays, 

teachers not required to teach on legal, - - 708 
legal, what are, 861 

Huntington Fund, 

how managed, 749 

interest to be apportioned to towns, - - 750 
divided as other public money, - - - - 751 
state treasurer's account with to be audited an- 
nually, 753 



Incorporated School Districts, 

may unite with town in election of town superin- 
tendent, 624 

graded school in, defined, 656 

not afEected by provisions of Chapter 36, - - 665 

voters in not to vote on town school matters, - 666 

required to receive high school pupils from town, 693 a 
officers and teachers of, subject to provisions of 

general law, 729 

time of holding meetings not affected by general 

law, - 806 

change of boundaries of, 807 

duties of clerk of, ----- - 836 

provisions of Chapter 44 not to affect charters of, 837 

share of public moneys, 848 

Injury to Buildings, 

penalty for, - 875, 876 



INDEX. 

SECTION. 

Injury to Trees, 

penalty for, 881 

Institutes, 

superintendent of education to hold, . . . 598 

may call upon examiner to assist, - 599 

special attention to be given to training teachers, - 600 

expense not to exceed thirty dollars per day, - 601 

examiner to arrange for holding, - - - - 611 

teachers allowed four days to attend, - - 707 

Instruction, 

in public schools, 683, 822 

in schools of another town, ... 689a, 829 

K 

Kindergarten, 

school directors or school boards may maintain, - 709 
considered public schools, when, - - - 709 
teachers of, may receive five year certificate with- 
out examination, 648a 

districts may maintain, 832 



Labor Day, 

first Monday in September to be called, - - 862 
legal holiday, 861 

Land, 

for school houses and grounds, . . . . 812 

Languages, 

certain districts may provide instruction in, - 826 

Legal School Age, 

includes all persons between five and eighteen, - 709 
child under five not to be received, - - 709 

person over eighteen not to be deprived of school 
privileges, 709 

Legal Holidays, 

(See Holidays.) 

Legal School, 

for purpose of division of public money defined, 763 



INDEX. 



M 



SECTION. 



Maintenance of Schools, * 

(See Town System.) 

Meetings, 

annual school meetings, when held, - - - 800 

special school meetings, how warned, - - 800 

to be warned by clerk, - - - - - 802 

as applied to school district meeting defined, - 804 

penalty for failure or neglect to warn, - - 805 

Memorial Day, 

exercises in schools commemorative of, - - 684 

Moderator, 

duties of, - . - 788 



!«" 



Normal School Commissioners, 

governor to appoint, - - - - - 627a 

board of to meet and organize, . . . . 628a 

treasurer of board to give bonds, - - - 628a 

compensation of, ----- - 629a 

to have care of normal and training schools ; deter- 
mine conditions of admission and graduation; 

select and employ teachers, .... 630a 

may revoke normal school certificates, - - 630a 

treasurer to receive and disburse money, - - 631a 

to provide for training schools, - - - 631a 

to report biennially to General Assembly, - - 631a 
to approve secondary schools having teachers' 

course and prescribe examination, - - 659 

Normal and Training Schools, 

continued until August, 1920, . _ . - 626 
appropriation for support of, - - - - 632a 
for apparatus and supplies for, - 633a 
admissions to and free tuitions in, - - - 634a 
certificate of graduation from is license to teach, 645 
graduates from lower course may have re-examina- 
tion and new certificate, 646 



INDEX. 



SECTION. 



Normal aud Training Schools, — Continued. 

graduates may have unlimited certificate, when, 647 

graduates of in another state entitled to certificate 

without examination, 648 

O 

Obscene Books, Pictures and Language, 

penalty for circulating, exhibiting, or introducing 

into place of education, . . - . 872, 873 

OflQce, School District, 

duties of last incumbent, when vacant, - - 799 

Overseer of Poor, 

to provide clothing for pupils, when, _ - - 717 
penalty for failure, 721 



Permits, 

to be issued by examiner on examinatin conducted 

by town superintendent, 662 

not more than six in any town during school year, 662 

person having received one not entitled to another, 662 

Private Examination, 

examiner may grant, when ; fees, _ _ . 655 

Prudential Committee, 

school districts may elect three, . . _ 784 

tei'm of service at first election, - - - - 785 

districts may reduce number, - - - 786 

to provide suitable place for school, - - - 792 

may employ and discharge teachers, - - 793 

may permit use of school house for other purposes, 794 

to perform duties of clerk, when, - - - 795 

to draw orders upon treasurer, .... 796 

liable to district for unauthorized payment, - 797 

vacancy in ofl&ce, how filled, .... 798 

to warn school district meeting, when, - - 802 

penalty for neglect, . . . . 805 

may agree with land owner to refer question of 

damage, 815 

may provide instruction in vocal music, 823 



INDEX. 

SECTION. 

Prudential Committee, — Contitiued. 

may provide higher instruction, when, - - 825 

to designate school pupil shall attend, - - 827 

may employ special supervisor, when, - - 828 

may provide instruction in adjoining districts, when, 829 

may admit pupils from adjoining districts, when, 830 

may permit non-resident pupils to attend high school, 883 

to assess taxes voted by district, - - - - 840 

may omit names of poor persons in assessing tax, 843 
to have same authority as selectmen in collecting 

taxes, - - - 845 

may require collector to pay over taxes collected, 846 

to make returns to town clerk ; penalty for failure, 850 

penalty for making false certificate, - - - 853 

oflace of vacant, how district meetings called, - - 854 

how writs against district served, . - - 855 

statute of limitations does not run, - - . 856 

Public Money, 

United States deposit money, - - 736, 748 

Huntington fund, 749, 753 

town school fund, - - - . . 754, 757 

state school tax, - 758, 764 

district providing instruction elsewhere entitled to 

share, 831 

selectmen to divide on or before September 10th, 848 
how divided between town and incorporated 

school district, 848 

not to be paid unless law is fully complied with, 849 

nor unless returns are properly made, - - 850 

selectmen to lodge statement with town clerk, 852 

penalty for distributing to a district not entitled 

to share, - - - - . ... 853 

Pupils, ' 

directors to designate what school to attend, - 673 

to have equal advantages, - - - - 685 

may attend school in adjoining town, - - - 689a 

appeal to examiner in case of disagreement, - 689b 

to attend in district where he resides, when, - 833 



INDEX. 



R 



SECTION. 



Registers, 

superintendent of education to provide, - - 723 

to transmit to town clerks, 724 

clerk of board to procure and care for, - - 682 
teacher to procure before commencing school, - 725 
duties of teachers and officers concerning in incor- 
porated districts, 729 

Reports, 

superintendent of education to general assembly, 603 
printing and distribution of same, - - - 604 
examiner of teachers to superintendent of educa- 
tion, ... 614 

Returns, 

to be made by town clerks, 730 

to be made by academies and grammar schools, 731 



Saloon, 

prohibited within 200 feet of school, - - - 860 

Schools, 

directors to designate what pupils shall attend, - 673 
pupils to be given equal advantages, - - 685 

number and location to be determined by board of 

directors, 673, 685 

number of to be certified by town clerk, - - 761 

grand juries to inquire if towns have complied 

with law as to support of, - - - - 765 

town superintendent to make complaint for neglect 

to comply with law, 766 

districts may provide additional, - - . 824 

penalty for disturbing, - - - - 883, 884 

School Age, 

legal pupil defined, 709 

no child under five received as pupil, - - 709 

no person under 21 to be deprived of high school 

advantages, 697a 

School Attendance, 

(See Attendance.) 



INDEX. 

SECTIOJiT. 

School Directors, 

(See Directors.) 

School Districts, 

abolished except for settlement of pecuniary affairs, 664 

certain districts not affected, - - - - 665 

organization of in unorganized towns and gores, - 779 

method of calling first meeting, - - - 780 

record of proceedings, - - - - - 781 

legally organized, powers and duties. - - 782 

officers of, election and term of office, - - 783 

may elect prudential committee of three, - 784 

term of office at first election, - - 785 

may discontinue committee of three, - - 786 

may elect town collector as collector of taxes, - 787 

may assess tax for school purposes, - - - 808 
may elect special committee to hire or build school 

house, 809 

may determine location of school house, - - 810 

may sell school house or land, - - - - 820 

may vote to provide instruction in vocal music, - 823 

may provide additional schools, - - - 824 

higher instruction in, - - - - 825 

instruction in foreign languages, - 826 

assignment of ]3upils in, - - - - 827 

may provide special supervision, . . . 828 

may authorize committee to provide instruction in 

adjoining district, 829 

entitled to share of public moneys, - - - 831 

may provide kindergarten schools, - - - - 832 

may establish evening schools, ... 834 

clerk of to prepare census of children, - - - 835 

grand list of, how made up, - . - . 838 

may raise tax for support of schools, - - " - 839 

may allow deductions from tax, - - - 841 

may abate taxes and exempt poor people from 

taxation, - - 843 

assessment of tax to pay execution against, - 847 

to receive full amount of its school moneys, when, 851 
calling meeting to settle affairs of, when offices are 

vacant, 854 



INDEX. 

SECTION. 

School Districts, — Continued. 

service of writs upon when oflfices are vacant, - 855 

statute of limitations does not run against, when, 856 

School Houses, 

town to take charge of, 667 

towu to provide and maintain, - - - - 668 

board of directors to have charge of, - - - 673 

directors have power to purchase or sell, when, 675 

school directors may purchase, hire or build, - 808 

may elect special building committee, - - 809 

may determine location of, 810 

in case of disagreement, selectmen to locate, - 811 

condemnation of land for when owner refuses to sell, 812 

selectmen to fix time for removal of buildings, - 813 

to cause order and survey to be recorded, - 814 

question of land damage may be referred, when, - 815 

interested persons may appeal, - - - 816 

proceedings in county court on appeal, - 816, 817 

if land is mortgaged, 818 

when title to land vests in district, - - - 819 

district may sell, 820 

state board of health to make sanitary regulations 

concerning, 857 

penalty for failure to comply with such regulations, 857 

duties of health officer concerning, - - - 857 

licensed saloon prohibited within 200 feet of, - 860 

penalty for injuring or disfiguring, - - 875, 876 

for kindling fire in, - - - - - - 878 

for turning cattle, horses, etc., into yard of, - - 879 

for setting up bowling alley near, - - - 880 

for injuring trees or shrubs in grounds of, - - 881 

for building barbed wire fence around, - - 882 

School Regulations, 

directors have power to make, . - . . 673 

School Supplies, 

to be furnished at expense of town, - ... 769 

School Taxes, 

(See Taxes.) 



INDEX. 

SECTION". 

School Year, 

defined, - - - - - - - . 705 

district to maintain at least 28 weeks of school in, 706 

time spent by teacher at institute not deducted, 707 

holidays not deducted, 708 

Selectmen, 

may fill vacancy in board of directors, - 671, 867 

to hear appeals from decision of directors, as to 

board or conveyance of pupils, - - - 685 

to appoint truant oflBcers, - - - - - 710 
to call special town meetings to consider school 

matters, 728 

to take bonds from trustees of public moneys, - 739 
to have charge of town school fund, - - 754 
duties of, in management of - - - 755 
to divide state school tax, when, - - - 762 
to locate school houses, when, . . . gll 
to appraise land condemned, - - - - 812 
to fix time within which building shall be removed, 813 
to cause record of order and survey to be made, 814 
to apportion and adjust debts and property of frac- 
tional districts, 821 

to divide public money on or before September 10th, 848 ' 

to examine registers before making division, - 849 

to lodge statement with town clerk, - - - 852 
penalty for distributing public money to district not 

entitled thereto, 858 

to preside at school district meeting, when, - 854 

to require school directors to give bonds, - 868 

Service of Process, 

upon school district when offices are vacant, - 855 

State School Tax, 

tax of eight per cent, to be assessed annually, - 758 

state treasurer to apportion to towns, - - - 759 

duties of officers in relation thereto, - - - 760 

portion of reserved ; remainder divided, how, - 761a 

sum reserved, how divided, - - - - 761b 

state treasurer to divide remainder, - - - 762 

what list basis for apportionment, - - - 764 



INDEX. 



SECTION 



State Teachers' Association, 



teachers allowed four days to attend, . . - 707 
appropriation for support of, - - - - 858 
state auditor to draw order on requisition of super- 
intendent, 859 

State Treasurer, 

to receive United States deposit money, - - 736 

to reapportion same every ten years, - - - 737 

to pay over such money to trustees of public money, 738 

may require return of United States deposit money, 745 
to settle and adjust claims growing out of United 

States deposit money, 748 

to manage Huntington fund, . . . . 749 
to apportion interest to towns, etc., - - - 750 
account with Huntington fund to be audited an- 
nually, . - 753 

member of board for division of portion of state 

school tax, 761b 

to divide remainder of state school tax, - - 762 

Studies, 

required to be taught in common schools, - 683, 822 

directors may provide instruction in vocal music, 686, 823 

Summer Schools, 

superintendent of education and examiner may hold, 598 

two or more counties may unite, - . . 598 

Superintendent, 

(See Town Superintendent.) 

Superintendent of Education, 

elected biennially by General Assembly, - - 595 

general duties of, 595 

vacancy in oflBce filled by governor, - - - 595 

shall have an office in state house, - - - 596 

may employ clerk and clerical assistance, - 596, 596a 
salary and expenses, .... 596a, 597 

to hold institutes and summer schools, - - 598 

may call upon examiner to conduct institute, - 599 

may employ skilled instruction, ... 600 

to pay expense of institutes, - - - - 601 



INDEX. 

SECTION. 

Superintendent of Education, — Continued. 

to visit each county annually; deliver lectures and 

hold educational meetings, - - . . 602 

to report biennially to General Assembly, - - 608 
printing and distribution of report, - 604 
to prepare questions for examination and blank cer- 
tificates, 605 

shall fix the standard of qualifications, - - 605 

shall make sworn statement of expenses quarterly, 606 

may prepare course of study for ungraded schools, 607 

shall cause same to be printed and distributed, - 608 

shall send two copies to each school ofiQcer annually, 609 

may issue circulars of educational information, - 609a 

state auditor to draw orders for printing, - 609b 

with governor, to appoint examiner of teachers, - 610 

may call meeting of examiners, - - - 611 

with governor, may remove examiner, - - - 613 

ex officio member of board of normal school com- 
missioners, 627a, 630a 

to establish courses of study for normal schools, - 643 

to issue certificates, if examiner is unable to do so, 650 

to outline course of study for teachers' course in 

secondary schools, 659 

to act with examiners in granting unlimited certifi- 
cates, 660 

may revoke certificates granted by him or by normal 

and training schools, 663 

to determine standard of high schools and acade- 
mies ; fix qualifications of pupils to receive free 

tuition, 697a 

to prescribe forms for registers, - - - 723 

to transmit registers to town clerks, - - - 724 

to furnish blanks for statistical reports, -- - 730 

to procure statistics from academies and grammar 

schools, 731 

to furnish town clerks blank for reporting num- 
ber of legal schools, 761 

to transmit such reports to state treasurer, - 761 

member of board for division of reserved portion of 

state school tax, 761b 



INDEX. 

SECTION", 

Superintendent of Education, — Continued. 

to direct expenditure of appropriation for state 

. teachers' association, 858 

state auditor to draw orders on requisition of, - 859 

T 

Taxes, 

grand list of town district, bow made up, - - 733 
town treasurer to keep separate account of school 

moneys, 735 

of school district, how raised, - - - - 839 

how assessed, . . . 840 

district may allow deduction, - - - - 841 

collector to notify where and when tax is payable, 842 

abatement of, ----- - 843, 844 

assessment of to pay execution, - - - - 847 

collection of by treasurer, . . - . 863 

Teacher, 

to procure certificate or permit before opening school, 644 
person under seventeen not eligible as, - - 644 
town superintendent may dismiss if unfit or in- 
competent, 621 

to receive pay to time of dismissal, - - 621 
not to be employed or paid unless he exhibits cer- 
tificate or permit, 651 

remaining in same school, certificate extended, when, 657 
to notify clerk of board concerning grade, etc , of 
certificate before opening school; contract void 

for failure, 661 

certificate of may be revoked for cause, - - 663 
to be employed by majority of board, - - - 673 
allowed four days to attend institutes, - - 707 
not required to teach on holidays, - - - 708 
to notify truant ofiicer of truancy, - - - 716 
to procure register before commencing school, - 725 
to keep register and return to clerk of school board, 725 
not entitled to compensation until register is ex- 
amined and certified, 726 

duties of in incorporated district as to register^ 729 

penalty for accepting gratuity, - - - - 778 



INDEX. 

SECTION 

Teachers' Certificates, 

(See Certification of Teachers.) 

Teachers' Institutes, 

(See Institutes.) 

Text Books, 

to be furnished at expense of town, - ... 769 

directors to make regulations concerning, - 770 

payment of damages when lost, destroyed or in- 
jured, ... 771 

by whom selected, - - -. - - - 773 

penalty for accepting a gratuity for recommending, 778 

Town Clerk, 

to receipt for registers, 724 

registers when completed to be filed in office of, - 727 

to make and return school statistics, - - 730 

compensation for same, 732 

to certify number of legal schools maintained dur- 
ing year, 761 

to call meeting of school district, when, - - 854 
to prosecute clerk of school district or school board 

for neglecting to make returns, - - - 864 

Town High School, 

, (See High Schools.) 

Town Meeting, 

special to consider school matters called by select- 
men 728 

Town School Fund, 

selectmen to have charge of, - - - - 754 

duties of selectmen in management of, - - - 755 
tax- payer may take acknowledgment of deed con- 
cerning, - - .... 756 

securities to be deposited with town treasurer, - 757 

Towns, 

two or more may unite to employ skilled superin- 
tendent, 622 

directors to constitute joint committee, - - 623 

may unite with incorporated district, - - 624 

may authorize directors to provide higher instruc- 
tion, 690 



INDEX. 

SMCTION. 

Towns,- Continued. 

may establish high school, - - _ . 691a 

may provide instruction in graded school or 

academy, - - - . . . . 593^ 

to receive from the state portion of tuitions paid 

for high school instruction, - - . . 595^ 

Town System of Schools, 

each town to constitute one district, - .. . 664 

incorporated school districts not affected, . 665 

voters in not to vote on town school matters, - 666 

towns to take charge of school houses, - . 667 

to pay outstanding debts for school property, - 667 

to provide and maintain school houses, - - 668 

to maintain at least 28 weeks of school each year, 683, 706 

subjects required to be taught, - . - . 683 

town and graded school districts may unite, - 703 

Town Superintendent, 

appointed annually by board of school directors, - 615 

compensation fixed by board, - . . 615 620 

may be removed by board, - . - . . 616 

term of ofl&ce, 617 

shall visit schools at least once each term, - - 618 

note methods and advise teachers, - - . 618 

observe the conditions of buildings and grounds, - 619 
ascertain if school is supplied with text books and 

materials, 619 

make recommendations to directors, - . 619 

make report to town at annual meeting, - . 620 

may dismiss unfit or incompetent teacher, - 621 

two or more towns may unite to employ, - - 622 

when union is effected, how elected and paid, - 623 

state to contribute portion of salary, - - . 625 

may hold examinations for issuing permits, - 662 

to transmit papers forthwith to examiner, - - 662 

may revoke permits granted by him, - - 663 

to inquire into employment of children of school age, 7 1 5 
to make complaint, if towns do not comply with 

the law relating to support of schools, - - 766 

to assist in selection of text- books, - - - 773 



INDEX. 



SECTION. 



Town Superintendent, — Continued. 

penalty for accepting gratuity, - - - - 778 

women may be appointed as, - - - - 865 

Town Treasurer, 

to keep separate account of school moneys, - - 735 
to pay out such moneys on orders of school direc- 
tors, ... 735 

to credit income of U. S. deposit money to fund, 743 

to report at each annual meeting, - - - 750 

to keep separate account of school fund, - 757, 863 

Training Schools, 

incorporated graded school districts may establish, 643 
certificate of graduation license to teach, - - 645 
graduates from lower course may have further ex- 
aminations, 646 

unlimited certificates, when granted, - - 647 

Treasurer School District, 

duties of, 791 

vacancy in office, how filled, .... 798 

Truancy, 

(See Attendance.) 

Truant Officer, 

selectmen or mayor to appoint, - - - - 710 

when none appointed, who act, - - - 710 

to make complaint for non-attendance, - 714, 716 

to inquire into non-attendance, - - - 716 

may arrest truant and put him in school, - 716, 718 

to have authority over non-resident pupil, when - 718a 
to complain of parent, etc., who does not comply 

with notice, 719 

form of complaint, 720 

penalty for failure to perform duty, - - - 721 

compensation, 722 

Trustees of Public Money, 

to execute bond to town, 739 

to receive and manage U. S. deposit money, - - 740 

to report to town at annual meeting, - - 740 

may loan money, how, - - - - -^- - 741 



INDEX. 

SECTION. 

U 

United States Deposit Money, 

state treasurer to receive, - - - . . 735 

to be apportioned to towns and gores, how, - 737 

to be reapportioned every two years, - - . 73"7 

to be paid over to trustees of public money, - 738 

to be managed by said trustee, .... 740 

town may authorize selectmen to borrow, - - 741 

income to be paid to town treasurer annually, - 741 

state treasurer to retain shares, when, - . 742 

distribution of income when so retained, - . 742 

income of to be credited to school fund, - • 743 

town may use income for other purposes, when, - 744 

towns liable to return, - - - . . 745 

liable to penalty for neglect, - . _ . 746 

grand jury to inquire into management of, - 747 

state treasurer to adjust and settle loans, - - 748 



Vacancies, 

selectmen to fill in office of school directors, - 869 

successor entitled to books, etc. , - . . 870 

Vermont Industrial School, 

child may be sent to, when, - - . 717 718 

Voters, 

in incorporated districts not voters in town school 

district, qqq 

women entitled to vote on school affairs, - - 704 

in school district meetings, 803 



W 



Women, 

have same right as men to vote on school matters, 704 

to hold school office, 704, 803 

may be appointed town superintendent, - . 865 



